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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: "lottery8_center" <lottery8_center@canada.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:36:23 -0800
Subject: Re: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON CANADA LOTTERY!!!


Ms.Patricia Atkins
Canada Lottery-Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw
1550 Princess Street
Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3
lottery1_center@canada.com
Congratulations, you have won Canada Lottery!
Attention: Customer AFRSA680
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/05
Batch No. Lotto 6/49

WINNING NOTIFICATION

The Canadian Government sponsors this lottery for the
promotion of the 2010 Soccer World cup to be hosted in South
Africa. We happily announce to you the draw of the
Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lottery International Programs
held on the Wednesday 12th April 2006 in Essex United
Kingdom and Ontario Canada. Your e-mail address attached to
Ticket Number: B9564 75604545 100, with Serial Number
46563760 drew the winning numbers Wed Apr 12, 11/ 14/ 15/
29/
31/ 47 Number 19 Draw for LOTTO 6/49 under the choice of
the lottery in the 2nd category of daily three. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United
States Dollars) in cash credited to file EAAL/9080118308/05.
This is from a total cash prize of US $11,100,000.00 Million
dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred and-thirty
(130) lucky winners in this category Worldwide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in
your play coupon, because this particular draw was selected
to promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted in South Africa
hence your winning information must be kept to enable you
participate in our subsequent draws which will see 500
participants traveling on an all expense paid trip to South
Africa for the Soccer World Cup 2010.
In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and
Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to
you by an accredited commercial Bank in South Africa. Our
African agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact
our African Agent's office.MR LEON
CAMPBELL,TEL:27-73-571-0220,EMAIL:lotteryagentssa1@yahoo.ca.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web
site through computer draws system and extracted from over
10,000,00 companies and personal e-mails. For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim
your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program
by unscrupulous elements. Please be warned!
To file for your claim, please contact our agent MR LEON
CAMPBELL at
TEL:27-73-571-0220,EMAIL:lotteryagentssa1@yahoo.ca, so that
he can process your winnings for quick and urgent release
of your
fund. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference numbers in any correspondences with our
designated agent.

Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of
this program that has ensured that you won this
competition. Thank you for being part of our Promotional
Lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Patricia Atkins
NOTE To confirm that you have the winning number for the
Wed Apr 12, 11/ 14/ 15/ 29/31/ 47 Number 19 Draw,
visit:http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/index.html
confirm under Lotto
6/49


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