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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: "BETTY BRIGS" <BETTYBRIGS@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: benedictkhumalo@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 22:07:53 +0100
Subject: EMAIL ID CLAIM

Uthingo National Lottery South Africa Announce your EMAIL ID today as one of the lucky winning emails of this month of April 2014 Winning the Uthingo National email Lottery.

Your EMAIL ID emerged as one of the two lucky winners of US$5,500,000.00 (Five Million Five Hundred thousand U.S.Dollars) cash each in the Category "A". Draws held for the month April 2014 for
Uthingo/Mandela Foundation E-business promotional draws from 21,000 Email-addresses of individuals/companies from all over the world based on our computer Balloting.

Your Email is attached to the winning Ref NO:-PF23-711W-9, Batch No: 46-184-WAN and serial NO:215-18.

Please Come forward for your claim without delay.

To commence on your claim process, Contact the Coordinating officer Dr. Benedict Khumalo immediately Email: benedictkhumalo@yahoo.com with the following information:

Your Full Names:----------------------------

Your Telephone/Fax Number:----------------------------

Your Age:---------------------------

Your Occupation:----------------------

Your Nationality /Address:-----------------------

Thank you.

Betty Brigs (Notification / Public Relation Officer).

16th Floor SABC Radio Park Building Henley Road Auckland Park, ZA-2006 Johannesburg. South Africa.

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