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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")
  • "million 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)
  • ",000,000" (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.
  • +27839490456 (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.
  • claimagentwcup2010_frankzuma@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SA AF <sa2010wolrdcup@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:34:08 +0200
Subject: FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:




SOUTH AFRICAN WORLDCUP
(2010 BID)




National Lotteries Board TAIM SQUARE#75, GREEN HOUSE
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA PO BOX 1556
Phone: +27-83-949-0456
Email:claimagentwcup2010_frankzuma@yahoo.com

Dear Lucky Winner,
Ref: SA/9420X2/62Batch: 074/05/ZY367

BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to notify you about the draw of the South African 2010 world cup Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program. Your Email address were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 250,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from

Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America

as part of our international promotions programme to encourage the South African 2010 world cup bid. Since most people are not able to purchase tickets. Note that you did not play this lottery but your e-mail address was selected randomly and attached your e-mail address to drew the lucky numbers: 3 35 39 42 44 48 (Bonus 41) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 6.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $2,000,000.00( two million dollars ) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

Your prize award has been insured and is ready for claims. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously call our accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners within a period of 28 days (date of this email inclusive) for the processing of your winning and remittance to your winning prize into your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed.

Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below sending the batch and reference numbers and these information's below for quick verifications and release of funds. Between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Sunday

Claims UnitSouth Africa Lottery FiduciaryContact Person: Mr. Frank Zuma
Phone: +27-83-949-0456
Email:claimagentwcup2010_frankzuma@yahoo.com

Dear Winner,

We need your particulars for record purposes. Attached here is a copy of our verifications forms, please fill accordingly and submit it to your claims agent so as to proceed with your winnings.

1. FULL NAMES:____________

2. DATE OF BIRTH_______________

3. SEX: _________________________

4. MARITAL STATUS: ________________

5. CONTACT ADDRESS: ___________________

6.COUNTRY:

7. TELEPHONE NUMBER: ___________________

8. OCCUPATION: _________________________________

9. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF

COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL: _________________________________

10. WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS: ______________________

11. WINNING NUMBER: _______________________________________

12. REF NUMBER:

13. BATCH NUMBER:

14. AMOUNT WON:

15. PASSPORT COPY PAGE 1-3

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, our agent will verify your details and give you the directives to claim your winning prize.Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measures to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of this program. Any lottery double claim detected by our monitoring committee will lead to the South Africa national lottery canceling the winnings. Making a loss for both the real winner, and the fake (intended) claimer.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, we remain,
Very Truly Yours

Mr. Joe Foster Chairperson
Online Coordinator for the National Lottery

SA NATIONAL LOTTERY
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