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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:

• 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.
  • +27732051100 (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.
  • contactsouthafricanlotteryagent@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "lottery bid 2010" <lotterybid2010sa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:19:43 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING

>From : Dr.Fred Botha lotto manager South African
South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award
Lottery Headquarters: 31, Brixon
Court Carlton East Gate
Your Batch No: ( 13/26/DC36.)


CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING


We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid
lottery Award International programs held in Zurich, Switzerland. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket
number: ( B9665 75604546 199 ) with REF NUB( 97560 ) drew the winning: (
60/84/27/17/36), Batch No: ( 13/26/DC36.) , which subsequently on you the
lottery award in the 2nd category. Your name have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of US$( 850. 000 .00) ( Eight Hundred & Fifty United
States Dollars) in cash credited to file ( KPC/9030108308/03 ).This is from
a total cash prize of US $( 1.700,000.00 ) Million dollars, shared among the
first 200 Hundred and lucky winners in this category world-wide. Please note
that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet
representative office in South Africa as indicate in the play coupon.

In view of this, your US( $850.000.00 ) ( Eight Hundred & Fifty United
States Dollars ) would be released to you by our bank manager immediately he
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him. Also your claim included with free flight ticket and one month
hotel reservation in one of the five star hotel.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through
computer draw system and extracted from over (100,000,00) companies and
individual emails address.The lottery programe took place to promote south
africa(2010 world cup award,) For security reasons,

You are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your
claims are processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you
deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements.

( Please be warned. )

To file for your claim, please contact our agent/bank manager immediately,
you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund , his
contact information is as.!!!

Name: Prof. Molife Chris
Direct Line : (+27-7-3205-1100)
E-mail : contactsouthafricanlotteryagent@yahoo.co.uk

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 30TH Oct.
2005. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that
has succesfully won this competition.

Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program.

signed:
Ex. President Nelson Mandela ( chairman.)
Molefi OLIPHANT ( President )
Chief Operations Officer
Albert MOKOENA
Chief Executive Officer
Danny JORDAAN.

N.B/Call our bank manager for your cliam,
Thank you for your co-operation
Mr. M Mbali( Zonal Co-ordinator.)

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