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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: LOTT ZAA1 <lottzaa1@msn.com>
Reply-To: <prince.charleson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:15:32 +0000
Subject: You have won




BID BOARD AWARD DEPT/CLAIMS OFFICE

#4TH FLOOR FIDELITY HOUSE BRYANSTON

JOHANNESBURG 2009 SOUTH AFRICA

EMAIL:prince.charleson@gmail.com



You are a winner of the Bid Board promotion, held in Johannesburg South Africa. You have won USD$800,000.00,also a free ticket to the 2010 football worldcup in South-Africa.To claim your prize, please contact your claim agent MR. PRINCE CHARLESON with your Batch # 18/006/1094/LIPDA/SL and Reference #: LLI/240142/011 and contact him via email within 24hrs with the following details below:

(1)Full Names:.........

(2)Contry Of Origin .....

(3)Nationality...............

(4)Address:.................

(5)Tel/Fax.............

(6)Occupation...........

(7)Sex...........

(8)Age ...............

(9) Marital Status............

Contact your claims agent with any of these options for immediate recieving of your winning prize.#1 Coming down to South Africa and claim the prize in person.Option #2 Receiving the prize through wire transfer which is bank-to-bank transfer.

Regards,

Mr.Prince Charleson

Claims Dept

Tel: +27-83-769-0744



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