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Re: Another scam from nigeria? -- Fwd: CONGRATULATIONS!!!
From: Michael.Dillon () radianz com
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:17:19 +0100
Oh come on, what do they think we are some kind of super idiots? *dials phone number* Anyone happen to know the punishment for this kind of crime, so I can call his local police?
It's not from Nigeria!
Please contact your claims agent immediately,to begin your claims
process;
MR. TREVOR McCARTHY, CLAIMS DEPT. MANAGER, COMET FINANCE & INSURANCE LTD. FAX: +27 115076316
That is a phone number in Jo'burg, South Africa.
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, EGOLI LOTTERY SA. #7 LE-ROUX AVE, ALBERTON, JHB. SOUTH AFRICA. Fax: +27826401382
And that is a cellphone number served up by Vodacom in South Africa. This is interesting because most of these fake lottery winnings have directed people to call a cellphone in the Netherlands. Now, they have shifted to South Africa, a country that was once a Dutch colony and where many people still speak a Dutch dialect called Afrikaans. The South African Police Service has a page http://www.saps.gov.za/faq/faq4.htm where you can report this. By the way, it only took me about 5 minutes to identify the phone numbers and find the SAPS info using Google. --Michael Dillon
Current thread:
- Another scam from nigeria? -- Fwd: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Joshua Brady (Aug 19)
- Re: Another scam from nigeria? -- Fwd: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Matthew McGehrin (Aug 19)
- Re: Another scam from nigeria? -- Fwd: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Michael . Dillon (Aug 20)