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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: "camelot lottery" <info_camelot_lottery@camelotpromotion.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:00:40 +0000
Subject: SPECIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

MASTER MEGA MILLION LOTTERY (CAMELOT)

SPECIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION ... BE NOTIFIED THAT ON THURSDAY THE 17TH
OF
MARCH 2005 ... YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SELECTED ON THE COMPUTER
PROMOTIONAL
BALLOT SYSTEM DRAW, AS ONE OF THE WINNING
EMAIL ADDRESS ON THE INTERNET COMPUTER LOTTERY DRAW.

THE PROGRAM WAS HELD BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN LEADING LOTTERY ORGANIZATION,
KNOWN AS......MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY (CAMELOT PROMOTIONS).
THERE WAS A COMPUTER BALLOT WHICH QUALIFIED YOU AS ONE OF THE WINNER OF
THE SUM OF US$ 2,000,000,00 (TWO MILLION, UNITED STATES DOLLAR), FOR
MORE
ENQUIRIES AND INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

(MR. JAMES CAMERON)
THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT ON EMAIL ADDRESS:
info_enquriesourthafricabib@walla.com


PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET LOTTERY SCAMS, WE COULD NOT
EXPOSE YOUR WINNING DETAILS, SO THAT THE SCAMMERS COULD NOT BE ABLE TO
GET
YOUR WINNING INFORMATION.

FOR YOUR URGENT CLAIM......CONTACT OUR INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
IMMEDIATELY,
SO THAT THEY WILL FURNISH YOU WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBERS, LUCKY DRAW
NUMBERS,
INSURANCE NUMBERS, REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS, WHICH YOU WILL USE TO
CLAIM
YOUR PRIZE.
YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT YOUR CLAIM AGENT IS EAGLE TREASURE SA ...WE
WILL
ALSO FURNISH YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF YOUR CLAIM AGENT, EAGLE TREASURE
SA, AS
SOON AS YOU RESPOND BY CONTACTING OUR INFORMATION
DEPARTMENT.

THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT TO YOU BY:

THE CAMELOT, LOTTERY ORGANIZER,
MR. JABULANI THABO
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION,
MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY.
6115 LILIAN ROAD, FORDSBURG, 2092
P O BOX 906171
MARSHALL TOWN 2107
Johannesburg, South Africa.

MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY

BRIEF INFORMATION:
There was a computer ballot that was organized by the MASTER
MEGA-MILLION
LOTTERY here in South Africa.It was not an individual lotto playing,
but the
computer itself picked out from all over the world. 1,000,000 email
addresses was selected and picked from the Internet, so those email
addresses of Participants that was selected and picked from the
internet
were again selected through a computer ballot system drawn from among
the
1,000,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of
the
world, this is called the computer ballot.
And 7 email addresses was finally picked out from among the total
1,000,000
email addresses, and out of those 7 email addresses, your email address
won
on the ballot.
CONGRATULATIONS !!!

Note that this program is being sponsured by the FIFA SUPPORT AFRICAN
TEAM,
to creat awareness for the coming 2010 world Cup, which is to be host
by
South Africa.


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