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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: Payee <claimday09@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 14:04:26 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: ,,,SA 2010 WORLD CUP Lotto Drew;;;

 
DEAR INTERNET USER



I AM DIRECTED TO PASS THIS MESSAGE TO YOU, BECUASE A REGULAR MAIL WAS DISPATCHED TO YOU BUT YET NO REPLY FROM YOU.



I AM  CONTACTING  YOU AGAIN, BECAUSE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS AMONG THOSE THAT HAVE WON THE  SOUTH AFRICAN 2010  WORLD CUP  BONUS  LOTTERY OMOTION HELD THIS WEEK.



INCONJUNTION (WITH MTN) THE OFFICIAL SPONSERS OF THE 2010 SOUTH AFRICAN WOLRD CUP.WITH A PRIZE MONEY OF (US1.000,000.00) (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) FOR EACH WINNER AND TO BE RELEASE TO YOU BY ATM CARD.



NOTE: ALL PARTICIPANTS OF THIS LOTTO WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN AND EXTRACTED FROM OVER 100,000 E-MAILS ID OF INDIVIDUALS & COMPANIES ON THE WORLD.



T0 FACILITATE THE RELEASE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY,


YOUR FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE/FAX NO:
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
AGE:
SEX:
OCCUPATION:


FINALLY :NOTE ALL WINNERS MUST CLAIM THEIR PRIZE MONEY WITHIN 15 DAYS  AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS LOTTERY IS TO PROMOTE THE UP COMING SA 2010 WORLD CUP



WHILE WE WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS


ADV GEOREG NEGOTA
TELFAX: +27-710-898-745

  

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