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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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)
• 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.
  • info.afroagents2010@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. ANN DOUGLAS," <saworldcup20101@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:49:45 +0200
Subject: MRS. ANN DOUGLAS


FIFA SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP BID ONLINE GAME - 2007
South Africa Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
Batch: 14/211/0374
Ref: SATL/311OXI/07
www.freelotterynl.com
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the FIFA South Africa 2010
world
cup lottery bid online programs held in London to support and promote
south African 2010 world cup, Your e-mail address attached, to ticket
number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number: 886/04 drew the lucky
Numbers:04-09-15-25-30-40-42, which subsequently won you the lottery in
the
2nd category. You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum
of
$4,000,000.00(FOUR MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) in cash credited to
file RPC/9080115322/44. This is from a total cash prize of $125 Million US
Dollars.This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for
FIFA South Africa Lottery, The estimated 125 million jackpot would be the
>>sixth-biggest in S.A. history. The biggest was the 363 million
jackpots
that went to two winners in a May 2006 drawing of The Big Game, Mega
Millions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls
within our European booklet and our representative office in South
African as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your $4,000,000.00
(FOUR
MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) would be released to you by our
affiliate
bank in SOUTH AFRICA.Our agent will immediately commence the process
to
facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make
contact
with him.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This
promotion takes place annually. To file for your claim, please
contact our
fiduciary agent in South Africa with the below details for processing
of your claims.

Agent Name: Mr. KAN Nkosi
Email: info.afroagents2010@webmail.co.za
Fax:00-27-86-614-8324
To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim
Agent
immediately with this information:

NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:..............................
NATIONALITY:...........................
SEX:...................................
AGE:...................................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:............................
COMPANY:...............................
BATCH/ REFERENCE NUMBER ...... ....................

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in our designated agent. Congratulations once
more
from all members and staffs of this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

Mrs. ANN DOUGLAS

Zonal Coordinator

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using
FIFA

South African 2010 National Lottery addresses, but are not from The

FIFA South African Lottery Office.
www.freelotterynl.com

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam