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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: brightwater@galmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:24:13 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU ARE A WINNER IN THE BRIGHT WATER FOUNDATION LOTTERY AWARD !!!

THE BRIGHT WATER FOUNDATION LOTTERY COMPANY

SUITES 23-30,LION TOWERS
South Africa


Dear Winner,

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the
Free Lotto draw held on Friday 15th of August. All 10 winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000
international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as
a category 2 winner in this year's Annual Free Lotto Draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
One million Four Hundred and Fifty United state dollars only. The following particulars
are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) lotto code number: FL09622SP
(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/SP

Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings:

Mr. Jonathan smith
Claiming Director
The BRIGHT WATER FOUNDATION LOTTERY COMPANY
email brightwater2008@live.com
Tel +27714603845.




N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today.
2. Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4. All winners under the age of 18 are automatically dis-qualified.


_______________________________________________________________________


THE BRIGHT WATER FOUNDATION LOTTERY Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers, Mckintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies. The free lotto
internet draw is held quarterly every year and is so organized to
encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud
to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150
countries worldwide.




CONGRATULATION!!! YOU ARE A WINNER IN THE BRIGHT WATER FOUNDATION LOTTERY AWARD

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