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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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Fraud email example:

From: nationallottoz@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:50:02 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTO WINNING

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTO WINNING

we are pleased to inform you saturday 16th October, 2004 as one of the lucky winners
of the NATIONAL ELECTRONIC LOTTERY INC draws, held on Saturday 15th
September, 2004 as part of Our e-business promotional draws.

Participants in the draws were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and companies
from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New
Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various websites
we are running the Electronic-business promotions for. You/Your Company
e-mail address, attached with REFERENCE NUMBER: ZAR 23457677/2004 BATCH
NUMBER: 79-124-WAN with serial number 818-09 drew the lucky numbers
2-9-22-23-24-30 and consequently won in the second quarter of the 2004 year
draw.

You have therefore been approved for lump sum pay out of
US$2,200,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for First category
winners. This is from the total prize money of US$15,000,000.00 shared among
the seven winners in the First category.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents. (sensor
Finance Limited) As we have notified them. Due to the mix-up that may
arise from emails of winners and numbers we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and
your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year (2004) high stakes US$1.1 billion International Lottery.To begin your
claim,

please contact our agent who also Will be your claims
agent.

MR CHRIS ZUMA
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
SENSOR FINANCE LIMITED
MELVILLE,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:+27-82 0427 367
EMIAL sensorfinsa@netscape.net


For due processing and remittance of your prize money, Remember you
must contact your claim agent not later than 25th October,2004. After this
date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please

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