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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • +447040110752 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +27736795552 (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.
  • lottopayingoffice@executivemail.co.za
  • lottopayingagent@executivemail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "australia lottery" <aus.lot45@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 11:57:10 +0200
Subject: Congratulations! Lotto Winner

AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY COMPANY
QUEENS DRIVE,1064.
LONDON, UK.

CONGRATULATIONS!....

FROM: PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: 474061725/04
BATCH: 7056490902/188

ATTENTION: DEAR WINNER,

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL
NOTICE

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on 11th of January, 2006 to
declare the winners of the AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS UK.
Your email address, attached to ticket number 900-4675-04854-197, with
serial number 412-01 drew the lucky numbers 2 9 22 23 24 30 [26], and
consequently won the lottery.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ZAR4,920,000.00
in cash credited Equivalent ! of US$1,500,000.00(ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLAR) to you in your file REF NO:474061725/04.
This is from total prize money of
ZAR83,640,000.00 shared among the Seventeen International Winners in this
category, drawn from over 30,000 company and 10,000,000 individual email
addresses and names from
all over the world.

This promotional program takes place every year.This lottery was promoted
and sponsored by Association of software producers. we hope with part of
your winning,you will take part in our next year US$20m international
lottery.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
email address, 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 promotion.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes ZAR100,000,000 Million International Lottery. To begin your
claim, please contact our claim manager;

CLAIMS MANAGER,
BAR. TERRY WILLIAMS
PAYING CONSULTANTS,
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
Tel:+27-73-679 5552
Email: lottopayingoffice@executivemail.co.za
Email: lottopayingagent@executivemail.co.za

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than Two Weeks after notice. 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 in every one of your
correspondences with our manager. Furthermore, should there be any change of
your address, do inform your claims manager as ! soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.

Sincerely,

MARTIN FLINTOFF
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY UK.
TEL: 44-704-011-0752


N.B

Please do not reply with this email box contact your Claim
Manager with the above contact informations in South Africa.

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