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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: "world cup bid lottery james diko" <diko_lottery2010@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:45:38 +0200
Subject: RE: claim in progress






FROM: THE CLAIM MANAGER,
SOUTH AFRICAN GAMING COMMISSION
TEL: +27-83-858-6353



DEAR WINNER,

TO: annie northup,

RE CLAIM IN PROGRESS

WE HAVE RECIEVD INFORMATION CONFIRMING YOU AS PART OF THE WINNERS IN THE
2010 WORLD BID LOTTERY. BE INFORMED THAT YOUR CLAIM IS GOING THROUGH OUR
NORMAL VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION PROCESS.


THIS OFFICE SHALL FURTHER INFORM YOU ON THE NEXT STEP TO FOLLOW SO AS TO
SIGN YOUR RELEASE ORDER. WE SHALL FORWARD A COPY OF OUR FORM TO YOU AND YOU
ARE EXPECTED TO FILL AND RETURN TO THIS OFFICE. ALL PAYMENT IS DONE BY THIS
OFFICE AND THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK SOUTH AFRICA.

WE ADVICE YOU CHOOSE ONE OF THE TWO BELOW EANS OF PAYMENT
1.DIRECT TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER TO YOUR BANK.
2. A BANK CERTIFIED CHEQUE VIA INSURED COURIER SERVICES.


BEST REGARDS,


JAMES DIKO
+27-83-858-6353
















>From: annie northup <annieoakly1971@yahoo.com>
>To: Diko_lottery2010@hotmail.com
>Subject: lotto
>Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 06:27:21 -0800 (PST)
>

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