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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: "Barclay" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davgrant1@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:23:59 -0400
Subject: TRANSPARENT VERIFICATION



Notification of claim personal directed to you.

You are hereby informed that your unclaimed winning lottery jackpots of R29.9 Million Rand ($3.5 Million United States Dollar) is still available for claim, the Draw 1128 – October 15th 2011, lotto players who were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts has unknowingly won close to R30 Million ($3.5 Million United States Dollar USD) the November 20 lotto draw last year, has not yet been claimed. After a proper check, we found possibly trace to your email as one of the lucky winners of the above sum.

Please note, all emails and phone conversations may be monitored, for security reasons.

Below is our official web site directed for verification
http://www.lotterynumbers.co.za/news/article/five-unclaimed-jackpots

Please also note this ticket is only having a 12 months validity period to expire at 5pm on November 21 this year. The winner must come forward before this date to claim their
Massive win. The winning numbers on the ticket for the November 20 lotto draw were 7, 17, 34, 37, 38 and 39 with the bonus ball of 36.

Please contact our fiduciary agent with your details listed below for verification purpose.

Dr. David Grant
Email: davgrant1@yahoo.com.ph


1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Phone Number:
7.Country:

Sincerely,

Ms Valerie Deboer

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