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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: "2010 south african lottery promotion" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marechal25830@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:54:54 +0200
Subject: 2010 south african lottery promotion

International Football Associations Board [IFAB]
Confederation of African Football [CAF]
In Conjunction With: 2010 world cup lottery promotion
Organizing Committee for FIFA World Cups (TM)
For The South African 2010 worldCup
www.southafrica.info/2010
Congratulations!

The 2010 world cup lottery Promotion team is proud to inform you that you
have won US$1 950,000.00 Why you have won Your E-mail address is one of 200
lucky Addresses who have won in the weekly Promotion.

See below how to claim your prize.

Details on the Winnings

Your Winning Reference Number is: FLS-ZR39-825P-4 Batch Number: 74-263-BBN.

TICKET NUMBER: 100- 309- 7482

SERIAL NUMBER: 513- 10

WINNING NUMBERS: 02, 09, 22, 23, 24, 30 (05)

I wish to Congratulate you on your victory, you are a lucky person to have
won this lottery. Your email address was amongst those chosen this quarter
from our new java-based software that randomly selects email addresses from
the web from which winners are selected.
You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the
processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the Your
winning price is to the tune of 1,950,000.00( One Million Nine Hundred and
Fifty Thousand dollar. This correspondence officially confirms that we are
in receipt of Instructions relating to the payment of your lottery
winnings. Provided in attachment is a Non resident claims form you are
required to completely fill the claims form with your correct information
and submit it. We look forward to receive receipt of your information.

NAME :

COUNTRY:

COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:

AGE:

MOBILE NUMBER:

Remember, you must contact your claim agent Dr. Delarue Marechal ,Call him and
claim your prize after calling him send your refrence and batch number and
all the above informations to his email address and call him to let him
know that you have contacted him through email.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

for claiming of your prize and remember to quote your reference and Batch
Number for easy processing of your prize. That's it! Our DUE PROCESS UNIT
(DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide additional
information and processes for the claims of your consultation prize. For
due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU Information
Officer Dr. DELARUE MARECHAL who has been assigned to assist you.
You have to note that this program is being sponsored by the FIFA SUPPORT
AFRICAN TEAM, to creat awareness for the coming 2010 FIFA world Cup, which
is to be host by South Africa.
TO FILE YOUR CLAIM...
Contact Processing Manager: Dr.Delarue Marechal
Email: marechal25830@gmail.com
Tel :0027 73 127 8594

The International Promotion team Congratulations once again on your
winning.
Yours Faithfully,

MRS MARIA KHUMALO
( CO-ORDINATOR )

Please do not reply on this email instead contact your claim officer with
details above.

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