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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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)
• 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.
  • +27839470181 (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.
  • claimingza@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lottocompany@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 02:54:30 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTERY AWARD WINNING 2006

Excerpt from original message:
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,MRS
WENDY KUBA,INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PRIZE RELEASE
CENTRE WINNING ANNOUNCED TODAY.
Ref: 475061725 Batch: 7056490902/188

CONGRATULATIONS

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release from the Australian International Lottery program. Your name was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002 . This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$ 2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION U S DLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US12,000,000.00 shared amongst SIX lucky winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand names from Canada,Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of ourinternational promotions program. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your name falls within our African representative office in Johannesburg South Africa. as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$2,000,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in Johannesburg. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our Middle of the year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.
How to claim your prize Simply contact our fiduciary agent,

(CLAIMIG AGENT)
MR.STEPHEN VALE.
EMAIL CONTACTS:
claimingza@sify.com
PHONE NUMBER +27 83 9470181


To file for your claim. Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names and address to help locate your file easily. 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 double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before end of DECEMBER 2006;otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Kind Regards
MRS WENDY KUBA
PROMOTIONS MANAGER


CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
MR.STEPHEN VALE.
EMAIL CONTACTS:
claimingza@sify.com
PHONE NUMBER +27 83 9470181
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY
UINVERSAL BUILDING, 132 ? 133 PARK HURST
BALFOUR ? UNIT 1440. JOHANNESBURG. 2001
GAUTENG.
GLOBAL MEGA CROSSING.


FILL AND SUBMIT TO THE FIDUCIARY AGENT FOR FOLLOW UP:
1.TEL: ....................................................and FAX ..................................................

2.SEX: ...............................................
3.AGE: ...............................................

4.NAME:...............................................
5.ADDRESS: ...........................................

6.COUNTRY: ..........................................
7.OCCUPATION: .......................................
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Call your claming agent first on phone.
Sincerely,
MRS WENDY KUBA

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