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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27730883407 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • jamesdodoclaimagent@tsamail.co.za
  • support@executivemail.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: bonolotteryinternational2006@tsamail.co.za
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:02:30 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION CONGRATULATIONS


FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
Mr Philip Tambo
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL BONO LOTTERY
AWARD DEPARTMENT.

Ref: FER/4690/6103/24
Batch:245-379-482
Winning No:701/RMD123


WINNING NOTIFICATION


Attn: We happily announce to you the draw of the EUROPEAN
UNION INTERNATIONAL BONO LOTTERY Program , 2006. Your name
"email address" was attached to ticket number; 12324277
serial number 6663817262 This batch draws the lucky numbers
as follows 2-9-22-23-24-30 bonus number 5, which
consequently won the lottery in the second category. You
hereby have been approved lump sum pay of £2,500,000.00
(TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) file Ref:
FER/8309/1209/26 from the total cash prize of 18,000,000.00
shared amongst ten lucky winners based on their category.
All participants "email address" were selected through a
computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand
names from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia, Europe,
Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted
annually.This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some
multinational companies as including Bill Gate, and some
other EU governmental personalities part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the communities where
they have operational base.
To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact
our claim agent with this information:

NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:...............................
NATIONALITY:...........................
SEX:...................................
AGE:...................................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:............................
COMPANY:...............................
BATCH/WINNING
NUMNBER:............................................


MR.JAMES DODO
CLAIM AGENT
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL BONO PROMOTIONS
Email: jamesdodoclaimagent@tsamail.co.za
PHONE:+27 73 088 34 07

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential from the public until your claim
is processed and your prize released to you. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note.Do not wast time in contacting our claim agent in any
of the region or the country that your winning fall within.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards
OPRA TAYLOR
Co-coordinator
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL BONO PROMOTIONS.

Yours faithfully,
OPRA TAYLOR
Online coordinator
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL BONO PROMOTIONS,
Open 7 days 7am-7pm.






Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear
to be using EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL BONO PROMOTIONS
LOttery addresses, but are not from The EUROPEAN UNION
INTERNATIONAL BONO PROMOTIONS. PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY
TO :
CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT:support@executivemail.co.za
LAST WINNERS ON EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL BONO
PROMOTIONS.




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