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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states 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)
  • "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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • +27782294871 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: 20 10 <wcup2010_prom26@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:17:19 +0200
Subject:




2010 WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA PROMOTIONS LOTTERY ASSOCIATE,
26 WESTERN BOULEVARD CITY WEST
P.O.BOX 2001 JOHNNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDDEPARTMENT,
REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 12 lucky winners in the2010 WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA PROMOTIONS LOTTERY ASSOCIATE SA held on 3thof Nov 2007. All 12 winning addresses were randomly selected froma batch of 40,000 international emails. Your email address emergedalongside 11 others as a 3rd category winner in this month'sdraw. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total payout of US$2,000,000.00 (Two Million United states Dollars) only. Thefollowing particulars are attached to your lottery paymentorder:

(i) Winning numbers: 990-11-815-37-10-83
(ii) Email ticket number: 901-0148-790-691
(iii) Lotto Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037
(IV) File REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312

Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible for the
immediate release of your winnings:

CONTACT AGENT:
2010 WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA PROMOTIONSLOTTERY ASSOCIATE,
26 WESTERN BOULEVARD CITY WEST
P.O.BOX 2001JOHNNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
MR. NIMROD NKOSIEmail: mrnimnkosi@aol.comTel: +27-78-229-4871
You have to provide the claims agent with the under listed information as
soon as possible to enable the processing of your claims

CONTACT DETAILS:
NAME:
PHONENUMBERS:
FAX NUMBERS:
COUNTRY:
PRESENT LOCATION:

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!Sincerely,
Tina Forrester.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARDDEPARTMENT, SA.
26 WESTERN BOULEVARD CITY WEST
P.O.BOX 2001JOHNNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA

N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 30 working days from today.
2. Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4. Please do not reply to this email. Contactyour claims agent. Mr.Meyer Desmond
________________________________________________________THE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,SA. Is proudly sponsored by financial Corp's, the Euro American groupand a conglomerate of other international IT companies. And is organixed to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. Weare proud to say that over 200 Million US Dollars are won annually inmore than 150 countries worldwide. Copyright 1994-2007 2010 WORLD CUPS.A.P.L.A.(SA Lottery Inc.

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