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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:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +27731116564 (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.
  • johnsonluka@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "world lottry" <worldlottry8@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:12:42 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION" CONGRATULATION" WINNING LOTTERY NOTIFICATION

  

FROM THE PROMOTION MANAGER

SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP

LOTTERY AWARD
UNIVERSAL BUILDING,132-133 PARK HURT

BALFOUR UNIT-1440 JOHANNESBURG.2001

GAUTENG,SOUTH AFRICA.

 

WINNING INFORMATION:

WINNING NUMBERS: 10 21 22 25 29 39 48      
Batch: 13/26/DC36

Customer Service: 583 NCA 86924
Ref: EAASL/931OYI/03

 

                                                 

                                     CONGRATULATION!

 

 

We are delighted to inform you of your prize released second quarter of 2006 from South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award International program held in Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9665 75604546 199 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning number: 10 21 22 25 29 39 48, which was randomly selected by our central computer system, subsequently your lottery award is in the 2nd category.

 

Your name have therefore been short-listed to claim a total sum  of US$1,000,000.00(One Million United States Dollars only) in cash credited to file SAWC/9030-108308/06.This is from a total cash prize of US$120,000,000 Million US dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred (100) lucky winners in this category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Lottery booklet representative office in Johannesburg South Africa as indicated in your play coupon.

 

In view of this, your US$1,000,000.00(One Million United States Dollars) would be released to you by our Apex Bank. Our African principal agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you call him.

 

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system from nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia,United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic.

 

This promotion takes place annually, for security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted into your bank in whatever manner that deem fit to pay your winning prize.

 

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

    

Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of philanthropist, industrialists from the internet hardware industry and some other  multinational firms who wish to be anonymous for the great world cup coming to Africa for the frist time in histroy of the world.

 

OUR SPONSORS

     

     
                              Please be warned.

 

To file for your claim, please call our African CLAIM AGENT as soon as you read this message for urgent release of your fund , his conatct information is as  follows:johnsonluka@hotmail.com

 

Name: Barrister johnson  l.  Witz

PHONE:+27 731 116 564

E-mail : johnsonluka@hotmail.com

 

YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMING AGENTS IMMEDIATELY. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

 

FORWARD YOUR WINNING /BATCH NUMBERS:..............................

YOUR FULL NAME:.........................................................................

YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS:................................................

YOUR FULL ADDRESS:...................................................................

WHAT YOU DO FOR LIVING/AGE....................................................

PROMOTIONAL MANAGER,

DR.julius leo.

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