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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +27733216190 (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.
  • pandeservices@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "pande services" <pandeservices@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:41:23 +0200
Subject: Congratulations!!

KS INTERNATIONAL LOTTO
BURDENSTRAAT 21B
2053 DS AMSTERDAM.

AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE:

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 12th Jan. 2006 of
winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; THE EUROPE-AFRICA
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on the 10th Jan. 2006.Your email address attached
to ticket number 16-19-34-37-4702356678230954, with serial number507311 drew
the lucky numbers, and consequently won the lottery in the first category.

You have therefore been
approved of a lump sum pay out of EURO 1,200.000.00 (ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND EUROS) credited to file REF NO. SGIL/763276/03. This is from total
prize money of EURO 24,000,000.00 shared among the TWELVE international
winners in 1st-3rd categories.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 company
email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia,
New Zealand,America, Europe, North America, and Africa since it’s
Europe-Africa International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

Your fund is now in custody of a financial/Securities company. Due to the
mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly
confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to
your account. To receive your claim,

Please contact your file/claim officer:

Mr.MICHAEL ZUMA
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
pande security
JOHANNESSBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
E.MAIL: pandeservices@hotmail.com
TEL:+27 73 321 61 90

All prize money must be claimed in ten working days. After this date, all
funds will be Returned as unclaimed. Remember that you must contact your
claim agent not later than 30th Jan. 2006. After this date, all funds will
be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your agent. Furthermore,should there be any change of your address, do
inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Note:Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.Please
include your private telephone and fax numbers and full banking details for
remittance.
while replying.


Sincerely,
Mr. Craig Holmes.
Lottery Coordinator

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