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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: "Swift Promo"<swiftpromotionsza@easyinfomail.co.za>
Reply-To: <tebakona@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:55:23 -0700
Subject: Congratulations! Congratulations!! Congratulations!!!

congratulations! Congratulations!! Congratulations!!!

We are pleased to inform you that your email address has been selected for a cash prize of Two Million United State Dollars [US$2, 000,000.00]. This is in line with our promotion for the world-cup come 2010. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system (ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This promotion is sponsored by the Federation International Football Association [FIFA], and approved by the Gaming Board.

To file for your claim please contact your claim agent with details stated below, however, your email address was attached to ticket number (647/560/854/188) with serial number (5368/02) draw the lucky numbers (06-09-13-15-40-43-02) which eventually won the lottery in the first category of the draws.

Outmatch House Promotion Company, P.O. Box 1820
Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
Attention: Mr. Tebza Akona
Tel/Fax: +27-86 611 4641
E-mail: tebakona@gmail.com

When you contact the agency, please provide them with your secret pin code (x7pwyz2009) with your reference number (BWBI: 2551256003/23) you are also advised to provide them with the under listed information as soon as possible:

FULL NAMES, AGE, GENDER,OCCUPATION, ADDRESS,MARITAL STATUS AND DIRECT TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS.

Congratulations once again!!!


Regards,
Mr. James Stevenson
Promotion Manager

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