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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: simunyelotto@galmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 12:20:17 +0200
Subject: WHY WE WRITE YOU

SIMUNYE SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTERY,
10 SUNSET AVE. WATERKLOOF, 0412
PRETORIA EAST, PRETORIA,
SOUTH AFRICA.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: SSL/5181/7390007/77
BATCH: 2101/14/LPP

ATTENTION:
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,
21TH JUNE 2005, of winners of the SIMUNYE SOUTH AFRICAN
LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS.

Your company, attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750,
with serial
number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers 4, 14, 17, 28, 62,
63.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$1,200,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO.
SSL/5181/7390007/77. Participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Middle
East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and North America
as part our International Promotions Program.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with Finance and Security House
insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to your account. 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 you prize, you will participate in
our end of year
high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
ALAN DLAMINI,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
GLOBAL CROSSING,
JOHANNESBURG, S.A
TEL: 27 735993635 FAX: 27 115076961
EMAIL: alandlm@galmail.co.za

for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice.

Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than
29TH JUNE 2005. After this date, all funds will be returned
as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and
batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with
your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.


Sincerely,

THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
SIMUNYE SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTERY.
www.simunyelotto.com

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail. Contact your claim agent.


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