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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: leonbooyse2 <leonbooyse2@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 07:40:59 +0200
Subject: Re: GLOBAL MAIL TEAM APPROVED YOUR PAYMENT





Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.-------- Original message --------From: Victoria Sibeko <victoriasibeko_agent@consultant.com> Date: 2017/02/24 08:12 (GMT+02:00) To: leonbooyse2 <leonbooyse2@gmail.com> Subject: GLOBAL MAIL TEAM APPROVED YOUR PAYMENT























































From the Office of: Mrs. Victoria Sibeko

Global Lottery Manager & Notary Public 

1806  Magestic Crescent Towers

114 Rivonia Road, Sandton City

Johannesburg 1895,

Tel: +27 71 700 0452

Fax: +27 86 665  5921

Postal Address: P.O. Box 48651

Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa

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Attention: Leonard Booyse







































































 

Congratulations once again for being one of the lucky Winners of the Global Mail  Award Lottery Sweepstakes Promotion held in Manchester in which your email address won the sum of US$950, 000. 00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) with Batch Number: YLP/886/RTB44021, Reference Number: 20174920976XB, and Winning Number: 09 17 25 31 38 44 of which your E-mail address has been confirmed from our Data Processing Unit as a lucky winner of the sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars (US$950, 000. 00) in the Global Award Lottery Computer Ballot System.




















































 

You are required by Global Lottery Processing Agency to fill the Award Lottery Claim Form with all the necessary information, which our Agency requires from you for the processing and transfer of your Lottery Prize Fund into any of your nominated account.











However, you may not be required to come to our office for the processing and claim of your lottery prize rather our Agency have the responsibility of processing your Award Lottery Prize for onward transfer into any of your choice bank account in your country after you must have fill the  Award Lottery Claim Form and return it back to our Agency through attachment file to enable our Data Processing Department to commence with the processing of your Prize Fund (US$950, 000. 00) for transfer into your choice bank account. It will take about five working days for our Agency to process and transfer your Lottery Prize Fund into any of your choice bank account immediately you fill and return back to our Agency your Award Lottery Claim Form.



You are advised to keep all your winning information and notification strictly confidential to avoid double claims which may result to cancellation of your prize fund. Our Agency will follow all the necessary legal procedure for the processing and transfer of your lottery prize fund. Enclose below is a copy of your Global Award Lottery Claim Form which you are required to fill correctly with your personal and Lottery Winning information and send back to our Agency to enhance the processing and transfer of your prize fund.





 

GLOBAL MAIL AWARD LOTTERY CLAIM FORM



1). Beneficiary's Names in Full:………………………………

2). Residential Address: ………………………………

3). City/State: …………………………….........

4). Business/Company's Name: ………………………

5). Occupation/Profession: ………………

6). Tel/Mobile………………………………

7). Fax Number: ………………………………

8). Gender: ……………………………

9). Age: ………………………………

10. Marital Status: …………………………

11). Nationality: ………………………………

12). Next of Kin: ………………………………

13). Batch No: ………………………………

14). Ref. No: ……………………………...

15). Winning No: ………………………

16). Winning Prize Amount: ……………...




BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION


(a) Name of the Account Owner: …………………………

b) Name of the Receiving Bank:......................................

(c) Account Number: ………………………

(d) Address of the Bank: ……………………

(e) Bank Swift Code or Routing Code (if any): …………… 




We guarantee you that any of your personal information which you will supply to this Agency will be used primarily for the processing of your lottery prize payment and will be kept highly confidential. 


Thanks for your good understanding and co-operation for us to serve you better.

 
Yours sincerely,



MRS. VICTORIA SIBEKO.



(GLOBAL MAIL LOTTERY PROCESSING AND TRANSFER MANAGER, ZONAL OFFICE SOUTH AFRICA)


























































 

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