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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: lottoint@thepub.co.za
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:47:20 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

FROM: THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY CORDINATOR

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY E-MAIL LOTTO PROGRAM

BROOKLYN SQUARE,

OO75, SOUTH AFRICA.

INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTO PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.

BATCH NO: MLBEL/EU/7950/27660/301

REF No: ILEL/EU/31420/11020/310

WINNING NOTFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

This is to inform you of the release of the INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY E-MAIL LOTTERY
BALLOT/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the of 5TH JULY 2005 and the results released on
the 6TH of JULY 2005.

Your email address attached to Ticket No: 611101763 with Serial No 815624356 drew
the lucky numbers of 01-18-37-31-04-23 which consequently won the lottery in the
2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$612,318.00
(Six Hundred and Twelve Thousand United States Dollars, Three Hundred and Eighteen
Cents only) in cash credited to file Ref.No:ILEL/EU/31420/11020/310.

This is from a total cash prize of US$23million United States Dollars shared among
several international lucky winners in the premium, 1st, 2nd and 3rd categories,
respectively.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until yourclaims has been processed and your money Remitted
to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only
Microsoft users from over 20,000 company, and 3,000,000 individual email addresses
all over the World. To begin your lottery claim, do contact the claims manager on:

PLAYER THUSONG

CLAIMS MANAGER

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY SA

CALL: +27-82-79-51208

EMAIL: lottoint@thepub.co.za

Note: All winning must be claimed not later than 6th JULY 2005. After this date all
unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications do remember to quote your reference number and
batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do not hesitate inform your
claims manager as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of
staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified. Staff and family
members of Mega Million Lotto SPA are disallowed from participation in the end of
year US$1.6 Billion high stakes.

Yours Sincerely,

THUSONG KEN

EMAIL: lottoint@thepub.co.za OR
EMAIL:thuson@winning.com

Lottery Coordinator

WRITE TO ME ON THIS BOTH
EMAIL: lottoint@thepub.co.za OR
EMAIL:thuson@winning.com


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