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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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 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.
  • +27837274915 (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.
  • fredngomeni10@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "fred ngomeni" <fredngomeni10@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:50:57 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

Dear Sir/Madam,

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement on today the, 4th of July,
2005,of winners of the Oslo Lottery South Africa, International Progamme,
held on 18th of June, 2005, as part of our promotional draws. Participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 2,500,000
email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our
electronic business Promotions Program. You qualified for the draw as a
result of visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions
for. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Presidents of the World's
Largest software companies.

You/Your Company's e-mail address attached to ticket number 100-309-7482,
with serial number 513-10 drew the lucky numbers 2,9,22,23,24,30, +5 and
consequently won in the 3rd Category.You have therefore been approved for a
lump sum pay out of US$1,950,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for
Third category winners. This is from the total prize money of
US$13,650,000.00 shared among the Seven international winners in the Third
category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Finance Company insured in your name.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
information strictly confidential from public notice until your claim has
been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will
participate in our next, high stakes, US$13 million International Lottery.

To begin your claim, for due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice, please contact your claims agent
immediately. His contact details are as stated below;

MR. FRED NGOMENI

OSLO LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA
Foreign Service Manager,
Universal Building, 132 - 133 Park Hurst
Balfour - Unit 1440
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001.
South Africa

TEL: +27-83-7274915

E-MAIL: fredngomeni10@yahoo.com

Remember, you must contact your claim agent immediately. In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications. Please remember to quote your
reference and batch numbers provided below in every one of your
correspondence with your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825P-4,BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN.

Yours sincerely,

MR. FRED NGOMENI
The Promotional Manager
OSLO Lottery Pty Ltd
Universal Buildiing, 132 - 133 Park Hurst
Balfour - Unit 1440
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail box. Contact your claims
agent through his email contact above. Congratulations once again from all
our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

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