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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 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.
  • richardmbali@consultant.com

Fraud email example:

From: "smith mba" <smithmba11@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:10:23 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION, YOU ARE A LOTTERY LUCKY WINNER

FROM : THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
South African 2010 World cup lottery Award
Lottery Headquarters: 31, Brixon
Court, Carlton East Gate
Batch: ( 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 ! Serial
number (97560) drew the winning: (60/84/27/17/36), which subsequently on you
the lottery award in the 2nd category.

Your name have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$2,000,000.00 (Two million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
(KPC/9030108308/03). This is from a total cash prize of US ($20,000,000.00)
(Twenty Million dollars) shared among the first TEN 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 U.S ($2,000,000.00 (TwO Million 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 Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over (100,000) 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 Claims Manager immediately you
read this message for quick and urgent process for the release of your fund,
his conatct information is as follows;

Name: Richard Mbali
Direct Line : (+27- 73-5993635)
E-mail : richardmbali@consultant.com

Please be informed that all winning Prize must be claimed on or before 30
days of this notification. 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 successfully won this competition.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

signed:

Molefi OLIPHANT (President)
Chief Operations Officer
Albert MOKOENA
Chief Executive Officer
Danny JORDAAN.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation

Smith Mbali (Mr)
(Zonal Co-ordinator)

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