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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: "FIFA SA 2010 WORLD CUP PROMOTIONS" <info_directory@nonesuchsporthorses.com>
Reply-To: <drmartinsford@gala.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:25:45 +0200
Subject: SATYAM Award Notification:You Are Selected (Read Carefully); Contact Your Claim Agent.

www.southafrica.info/2010
Dear e-mail user,
 
In conjuction with the 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP hosted in South Africa; We are delighted to inform you of the result of Email Promotion Award, Held twice in every year and that you were one of the THREE LUCKY WINNERS whose e-mail address where attached to Ticket-number (B 5604545 188), which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of $900,000.00usdollars.(Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars Only).
 
Please be informed that all participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 10,000 company and 15,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
 
However, No tickets were sold but the email addresses of the Three Lucky Winners were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
Also kindly view and click on this homepage below: their you will find all other franchise companies supporting this promo;
(http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/preldraw/2010fwc%5fmatchschedule%5f50656.pdf)
In other to claim your $900,000.00 prize winning and to file in for your claims, contact our assigned Claim's Agent Below:
 
(CONTACT AGENT)
Name : Dr. Martins Ford
Tel : + 27- 733 66 5564.
Email : drmartinsford@gala.net
 
Please do remember, all winning must be claimed not later than two weeks of this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake by the Satyam Award Team.
 
You are advised to contact; Dr. Martins Ford either by his phone number or email addresses for further information; And also provide him with the following information for disbursement of your winning fund.
 
Full Names:...................
Country:..................
Private Phone Number:.......... .....
Sex..........................
Age:...........
Occupation:...............
Nationality:.................
Residential Address: .........................
 
Congratulations once more from our members and staff, our advice is that you invest wisely with your winnings..
 
Your's Sincerely,
Mrs. Endy Laws.
Notification/Information Officer
N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today.
2.Your Ticket number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4.All winners under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.
5.Please contact your claims agent by Email or Phone (Dr.Martins Ford)
 

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