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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:

• 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.
  • +27730568233 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Sport stake Claim Office <sscoffice_manager@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 02:14:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CLAIMS


Dear Winner,

Congratulations on your winnings and be advised that you
will be required to furnish this office with the
following informations:


-1. Ticket numbers
-2. Serial number
-3. Your names in full
-4.Sex
-5. Your age (date of birth)
-6. Marital statue
-7. Residential/postal address
-8.Contact details (phone/fax numbers)
-9.occupation
-10.position in the place of work
-11.Bank account details (your account numbers with swift code)
-11.The name of your bank
-12.The physical address of your bank
-13.Contact details of your bank (Phone and fax numbers)
-14.Your next of kin
-15.Residential/postal address of your next of kin
-16.Phone numbers of your next of kin.
-17.Your e-mail I.D.

For immediate verification and Validation of your claim.

After the verification, payment approval will be granted on your
behalf for your prize claim of USD$1.2m (One Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
After the payment approval, you will be contacted with options on how your winnings will be sent to you.

Congratulations once again.

Mike Khumalo
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
SPORTSTAKE LOTTERY PROMOTION
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
+27 73 056 8233.




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