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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 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.
  • contactdafredagentoffice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • contactdafredagentoffice00@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "World Inter Lottery" <worldlott1010@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:17:41 +0000
Subject: LOTTO WINNER (CONGRATULATION YOU WON !!!)

INTERNATIONAL WORLD INTERNET LOTTO PROMOTION SOUTH AFRICA BRANCH               

 

                                                                                

REF No: FLS-ZR39-825P-4

BATCH No: 74-263-BBN.

                                          

                                     WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

  

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION

 

 

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 26th of October 2006 of winners of the INTERNATIONAL WORLD INTERNET LOTTO PROMOTION SOUTH AFRICA BRANCH, held on 30TH April 2006 as part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program. You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various websites we are running the e-business
promotions for you/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number 513-10 drew the lucky numbers 9, 6, 12, 29, 30, 45, 66, and consequently won in the Second Category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,000,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$13,650,000.00 shared among the Seven international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with the  Finance and Security Company insured in your name.And no one is allow to have access to it unless the winner. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, 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 program.
We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our mid year (2007) high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.

 

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent immediately;
DR. DAVID ALFRED.
FOREIGN REMMITANCE DEPARTMENT,
# 25 RICHARDS RYLAAN, AUCKLAND PARK,0083
JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA 
TEL ; +27 - 73 - 567-2782
EMAIL:contactdafredagentoffice@yahoo.co.uk or contactdafredagentoffice00@yahoo.co.uk

 

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. you have to Contact your Lottery Agent
with the following information and fill out this form;

1.YOUR FULL NAMES:.............................................
2.SEX:....................................................................
3.YOUR ADDRESS:...................................................
4.YOUR COUNTRY:...................................................
5.NATIONALITY..........................................................
6.YOUR FAX:............................................................
7.HOME PHONE NUMBER :.......................................
8.MOBILE PHONE NUMBER.......................................
9.OCCUPATION:........................................................
10.YOUR AGE:...........................................................

Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 14 Working days. After this days, 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 provided below in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825P-4, BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

 

Sincerely,
Promotion Manager

LAST WINNERS ON INTERNATIONAL WORLD INTERNET LOTTERY PROMOTION.

 

 

    

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