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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • +27768068220 (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.
  • nlb_south_africa@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "World-Cup Promotions" <world_cup_2010f@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: nlb_south_africa@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 14:37:52 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP LOTTERY PROMOTIONS           

                                                     Batch: (13/26/DC36)                                                                                     

Dear Winner,

                               RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FIRST & FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to Congratulate and inform you of the announcement on this day at 7.15 Am South African Time of winners of the SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY POMOTIONS (SANLP) held earlier this month. The winning email address is attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-901; with serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-21-54-37-10-35, which consequently won the Prize in the 1^st category under South Africa lottery board Jurisdiction.

You have therefore been approved for lump sum pay out of US$1.500.000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United StatesDollars) in cash credited to file Ref. no. SAWCBL/250414382205/05 from total prize money of US$7,500,000.00 shared among five randomly computer selected International Winners in this category. All winners were selected through a computer generated ballot system drawn from a collection of email addresses belonging to all frequent internet/web users around the globe as South Africa gratitude to the world for awarding us the privilege to host the prestigious 2010 World Cup Finals. 

Your fund is now deposited with our paying bank and will be transferred to you as soon as you contact and confirm with our Claim Agents. Due to the mix-up of some numbers and names, we advised you keep this Notice strictly confidential until your claim has been processed and your Prize-money remitted to your designated bank account. This is part of our security measure to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stake US$10,000,000.00 Global Stakes.                                                                                                                                Contact your Claim Agents in South Africa: Ms. Elitah P. or Mr. Gorge Emmanuel E. via Email: nlb_south_africa@yahoo.com or telephone: +27 76 806 8220 to process your claim and authorize payment of your prize money to your designated bank account by the paying bank. You have to contact your claim Agent first with the Reference written above and they will send you a claim form to fill and return for the processing and remittance of your prize money to you to commence.

Note: all prize-money must be claimed not later than one month after notification. After this day, all funds will be returned as unclaimed to our Head Office as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences with your Claims Agents. Furthermore, should there be any change of email address, do inform your Claims Agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Dr. Brenda Brand                                                                                                  Chairlady Lottery Board                                                                                       South Africa 

 

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