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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: LOT PROMO <llpro5@msn.com>
Reply-To: <loottprogram@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:44:16 +0000
Subject: http://www.southafrica.info/2010/project2010column49.htm



http://www.southafrica.info/2010/project2010column49.htm



Dear Winner,

Congratulations your email address is among the nine lucky winners, that won US$1,000.000.00 (One Million US Dollars) each in the just concluded online lottery draw held to promote South African 2010 World Cup host and a successful hosting of the Confederations Cup 2009.This program is sponsored by PLATINUM Companies in South Africa and FIFA.



For prize claiming,

Contact MR. KHUMALO JONES

Phone number +27-73-117-6357

Email: loottprogram@gmail.com



Provide him with the following information for the processing of your winning fund.

NAME:..................
ADDRESS:..................
NATIONALITY:......................
SEX:..................
AGE:................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:.............................


Your Winning REF: GML-S111-KKT-8234

Your winning BATCH: 87T-DTH90-SAR12



Yours Faithfully

Mrs. Allen Richardson

P.RO




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