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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: E-game Lottery Award Inc <info@e-game.com>
Reply-To: <dr.joesimon1@gmail.co.za>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:27:31 +0200
Subject: E-game Lottery Award Inc

EGAME LOTTERY INC. ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING
NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER,SOUTH AFRICA
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
dr.joesimon@gmail.co.za

CONGRATULATIONS

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you that you have won 2014 Egame Lottery programme Which is fully based on an Electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses

Your name was attached to ticket number;4706172507056490902 serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which

consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of €900,000.00 (Nine Hundred Thousand Euro's) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of

€7,200,000.00 shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia, Europe,

Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities

where they have operational base

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our fiduciary agent in South Africa Office,

NAME : DR Joe Simon
EMAIL : dr.joesimon@gmail.co.za


To file for your claim. Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name,

address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.This is

part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programmer by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

FILL OUT OUR ONLINE VERIFICATION FORM

1.FULL NAMES:....
2.ADDRESS:........
3.City:...........
4.State:...........
5.Email Address:.....
6.Postcode:..........
7.Country:............
8.SEX:.................
9.AGE:..................
9.OCCUPATION:............
10.TELEPHONE NUMBER:.....

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the month runs out,otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards
SANDRA GOMEZ(co-coordinator)
BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

THANKS,
MANAGEMENT, EGAME LOTTERY INC.
LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFT
CORPORATION AFRICA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION
USA,MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA

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