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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: "DONALD NKUBE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <donaldnkube@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:51:00 +0200
Subject: South African 2010 Fifa World Cup Lottery promotion

Euro Afro British Lottery promotion
Draw of South African 2010 Fifa World Cup
>From Headquarters Customer Services
No: 33 Cavendish Square Johannesburg
South Africa .
Website: www.sa2010.gov.za
Website: www.fifa.com

Dear Email Owner/ Lucky Winner,

Congratulations! You have won South African Lottery Fifa 2010 World Cup Bid.

It is obvious that this notification may come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we are

happily announce to you the result of South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award International programs held here in

South Africa. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: B966575604546199 with! Serial Number 97560 drew the winning

number: 60/84/27/17/36, which subsequently won you the lottery award in the 1st category. Your name has therefore been

approved to claim a total sum of US$3,500,000 dollars (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) Only in

cash credited to file number (KPC/9030108308/09). This is from a total cash prize of US$32,000,000.00 (Thirty two million

United States Dollars) shared among the first lucky winners in this category worldwide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in United Kingdom as

indicate in the play coupon. In view of this, your US$3,500,000 dollars (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United States

Dollars) will be release to you through our paying bank in UK and soon as you contact your claim agent below. Your claim

agent will commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contacted him. Also your claim

included with free flight ticket to South Africa 2010 World Cup and one month hotel reservation in one of the five star

hotels.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over

100,000,00 companies and individual emails address world wide. This lottery program took place to promote South Africa ’s

2010 Fifa World Cup. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claims

are processed and your money remitted to you in you bank account. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double

claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please you are advice to contact for your claim immediately through your agent Mr.Donald Nkube, As soon as you received this

message because you stand a risk of loosing the prize if you fail to claim within a month from the day you received this

notification.

Claiming Agent (Mr. Donald Nkube)
E-mail Address is: donaldnkube@gmail.com
Tel Number: +27720474490

To affect your lottery prize claim to your bank account, you should send the below particulars to your claim agent (Mr.

Donald Nkube).

1. Your Full Names:
2. Ticket Number:
3. Serial Number:
4. Contact Postal Address:
5. Telephone Number:
6. Fax Number:
7. You’re Occupation and Your Age:

Congratulations once again,

Mrs. Angela C. Elvis
ZONAL CORDINATOR.

NB: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please Contact your claims

agent. (Mr. Donald Nkube). And for more information about the 2010 Fifa world cup view the below/above website:
Website: www.sa2010.gov.za
Website: www.fifa.com

This South African 2010 Fifa World Cup Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by:
Mr. Danny Jordan, Nelson Mandela, Fifa President Joseph

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