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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")
• 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 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.
  • online_infor_maga_lottery@hotmail.com
  • mrschurchillcatherine@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: tatamchancetatmamillion@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:23:05 +0200
Subject: Authorized by the International Football



MASTER MEGA-MILLIONLOTTERY




WINNING NOTIFICATION


.. BE NOTIFIED THAT ON THE July 12th 2006

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SELECTED ON THE
THE COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL BALLOT SYSTEM DRAW, AS ONE OF THE WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS ON THE INTERNET COMPUTER LOTTERY DRAW.

THE PROGRAM WAS HELD BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN LEADING LOTTERY ORGANIZATION, KNOWN AS...

..MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY

THERE WAS A COMPUTER BALLOT WHICH QUALIFIED YOU AS ONE OF THE WINNER OF THE SUM OF

US$ 2,000,000,00
(TWO MILLION, UNITED STATES DOLLAR)

FOR MORE ENQUIRIES AND INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:


online_infor_maga_lottery@hotmail.com

PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET LOTTERY SCAMS, WE COULD NOT EXPOSE YOUR WINNING DETAILS, SO THAT THE SCAMMERS COULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET YOUR WINNING INFORMATION.


FOR YOUR URGENT CLAIM...

mrs churchill catherine
Proccessing Director
Eagle Treasure SA
e-mail: mrschurchillcatherine@yahoo.com

YOU SHOULD ALSO CONTACT...

..OUR INFORMATION DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY,
SO THAT THEY WILL FURNISH YOU WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBERS, LUCKY DRAW NUMBERS, INSURANCE NUMBERS, REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS, WHICH YOU WILL USE TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.

YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT
YOUR CLAIM AGENT IS

Mr. mayo clifford
EAGLE TREASURE SA

..WE WILL ALSO FURNISH YOU WITH THE FULL DETAILS OF YOUR CLAIM AGENT, EAGLE TREASURE SA, AS SOON AS YOU RESPOND BY CONTACTING OUR INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
THE CHAIRMAN, LOTTERY ORGANIZER,

MR. JABULANI THABO
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION,
MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY.
6115 LILIAN ROAD, FORDSBURG, 2092
P O BOX 906171
MARSHALL TOWN 2107
Johannesburg, South Africa.

MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY

BRIEF INFORMATION:

There was a computer ballot that was organized by the MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY here in South Africa.

It was not an individual lotto playing, but the computer itself picked out from all over the world.

1,000,000 email addresses was selected and picked from the Internet, so those email addresses of Participants that was selected and picked from the internet were again selected through a computer ballot system drawn from among the 1,000,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world, this is called the computer ballot. you are requrested to contact (mrs churchill catherine )for your winning deatils we will try our best to make sure you get your money for futher more if you wish to come down to south africa befor the word cup you are free to come all we need is for you to send us your flight date.

A ticket for three marches will be sent to you from SOUTH AFRICA 2010 world cup but you must , Authorized by the International Football Association Board This booklet may not be reproduced or translated in whole or in part in any manner without the permission of FIFA: 2006 FIFA World Cup™

FIFA Executive Committee member admits illegal ticket sale
17 Jun 2006
FIFA Executive Committee member Ismail Bhamjee (Botswana) confirmed today in a written statement that he has sold 2006 FIFA World Cup tickets for triple.south african fooball union wll not declose any info in regards to the lottery program to any winner of the game> unlees you com down to south africa.



















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National Lottery Board Commission





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(Zonal Co-ordinator Sec.) (Zonal Co-ordinator) (Board Member)

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