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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "anne du toit" <sa.lott.co.zax52@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:24:15 +0000
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION/CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT

 

  SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD

  Customer Service /Foreign Claims Dept

  Ref: ZA/2031/8161/07

  Batch: R3/A312-59

  AWARDS NOTIFICATION

 

            Bonus Ball 

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made on Thursday, 29Th March 2007,(CAT 10.55AM) of winners of the SOUTH AFRICAN/INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMS, held on Wednesday, 28Th March 2007,(CAT 9.45PM) as part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email 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 e-business promotions for. You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number 513-10! drew the lucky numbers 12, 25, 37, 41, 49, 42 + 21,tied to the national lotto plus draw and consequently won in the Second Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$830,000.00 in cash, which is the winning pay out for Second

category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$5,810.000.00 shared among the seven international winners in the Second category.CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the UTHINGO MANAGEMENT (PTY) Ltd. Company 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 part of your prize, you will participate in our second quarter (June;Date to be confirmed) (2007)high stakes US$13.9Million International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent immediately;

   MR. FREEMAN S. MANZINI

  UTHINGO MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD

  3RD FLOOR,

  STANDARD BANK GALLERIES

  70 ELOFF & MARKET STREET

  JOHANNESBURG 2000

  SOUTH AFRICA

  Tel: +0027-7-9130-5253

  Fax: +0027-7-9130-5256

  Email: uthingofinance@webmail.co.za

               uthingo@yahoo.com    

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims agent not later than 1ST May, 2007. 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 provided below in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: ZA/2031/8161/07

          BATCH NUMBER: R3/A312-59

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

Sincerely,

MRS.ANNE DU TOIT

PROMOTIONS MANAGER

SOUTH AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY

PRIVATE BAG X50

AUCKLAND PARK 2006

SOUTH AFRICA.

 N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Do contact directly with your claims agent. For further information about our program you can visit www.lotto.co.za



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