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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.
  • mrsmathatakhumalo@yahoo.ca
  • claims_salotto@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "SOUTH AFRICA LOTTERY" <sa_lottery_za@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 04:44:07 -0800
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

The SA. National Lottery
12 Sunninghill Street,
Santon Peak
South Africa.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Prize AwardsR500,000.00
Batch:
R3/A312-59
RE: YOUR WINNING CONFIRMATION NOTICE .
We are glad to inform you that your E-mail address
appears as the confirmed Winner of our
last SA NATIONAL EMAIL LOTTERY PROGRAM . The draw (#356) of the SA
NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on
8th DEC. 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
8-9-10-19-33-11 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 4th,
category i.e Thunderball Jackpot.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of R500,000.00( five hundred thousand rands) .
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and
extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies
that are listed online. This promotion takes place Monthly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our South Africa booklet representative office
in South Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your R500,000.00( five hundred thousand rands)Remember all winnings must be claimed
no later than 28nd of Jan 2006.After this date all unclaimed funds will
be included in the next stake.
In respect of our commitment towards
helping the less privileged, we ask that you voluntarily contribute 1%
of your Global winnings to any charity organization you
desire at your convenience.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff.
Mrs.Mathata khumalo,
Chief financial Director.
SA National Lottery
Organisation
E-mail :mrsmathatakhumalo@yahoo.ca


Mr.Bobson Dlamini.
Secretary,
International Promotions Unit,
SA National Lottery
Organisation,
Greyson Drive Sandton.
Yours faithfully,
Dough Heitinger.
Online coordinator for
Sweepstakes International
Program.SA National Lottery Organisation,


N.B: Please do not reply to
this mail. Contact Chief financial Director
immediately, Mrs.Jeannie
Wood: claims_salotto@hotmail.com

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