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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" (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • prizeclaimaward@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Global Mega Lottery <glomeglott79@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:58:29 +0200
Subject: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON YOU US$535000.00




GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY
COMPANY REG. NO. 2004/0794/23
PHISICAL CORNER4TH AVANUE
2ND SRERRT BOOYSENS,
POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 890075,
BOOYSENS, JOHANNESSBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.

GLOBAL MEGA 2010 LOTTERY LUCKY DRAW NOTICE

Attention: Sir/Madam

The Global Mega Lottery (GML) in conjunction with South African 2010 World Cup Local Organizing Committee (SALOC) is pleaded to inform you the results of our International Raffle Draw. Your e-mail address was among the 100,000.00 e-mail addresses that were picked by the computer during the Raffle Draw.

We are therefore with great pleasure, to notify you that your e-mail address was among the Nine (9) winners out of the 100,000.00 e-mail addresses on the final ballot draw, and this has made you the jackpot winner of the sum of S$535,000.00(Five Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand United States Dollars).

Be aware that this Raffle Draw was organized by the GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY (GML) and the Local organizing Committee (LOC) of the 2010 World Cup, to create awareness for the word, as South African is finalizing their preparation for the hosting of the 2010 World Cup.

BELOW ARE YOUR WINNING DETAILS: -

COMPUTER DRAW NUMBER: 177
E-MAIL CODE NUMBER: TTYEEWSSE2211775643000
FINAL JACKPOT NUMBER: 0001 SN: 2010/ILGC/LOC/ZA
WINNER INSURANCE POLICY NUMBER: JJAZ23ZA
INSURANCE COMPANY: OLD MUTUAL INSURANCR SA.
REFERENCE NUMBER: EAASL/9410/Y104
BATCH NUMBER: 32/84/DU34
AMOUNT WON: US$535,000.00

NOTE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS BEING SPONSORED BY SOUTH AFRICAN ANGLO GOLD COMPANY FIFA SUPORT AFRICA VODACOM SOUTH AFRICA IS SPONSORING THIS PROGRAM.

PRIZE CLAIMING INSTRUCTION: -

You are hereby notified once again that your are among the Nine (9) winners of the sum of US$4,815.000.00 (Four Million Eight Hundred and Fifteen Thousand United States Dollars) each entitled to receive US$535.000.00 (Five Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand United States Dollars Only).

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claming and unwarranted abuse of this program.


TO RECEIVE YOUR PRIZE, CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT ON THE FOLLOWING DETAILS: -

CONTACT PERSON: MR. RIAAN LOUW
DIRECT LINE: 27 83 489 8083
E-MAIL: prizeclaimaward@yahoo.com
OFFICE ADDRESS: T. 220A-2060HT, LONEHILL
SANTON, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.

Congratulations from all our staffs and we also extend our thanks to the Sponsors for being part of our promotional program. VIVA SOUTH AFRICA!!!! VIVA SPONSORES!!!! AND THE WHOLE WORLD.

Dr. Jabulani Thabo
Promotional Manager Global Mega Lottery-SA.
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