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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim 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 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.
  • prcasino1@winning.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PRETORIA RESORT CASINO" <prcasino2@702mail.co.za>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 02:03:13 -0800
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION...............

PRETORIA RESORT CASINO
CNR WILLIAM NICOL AND WITKOPPEN ROAD
PRETORIA GAUTENG
SOUTH AFRICA.

CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!


ATTN:SIR/MADAM,

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on 22nd of January 2006 to declare the winners of PRETORIA RESORT CASINO. You were attached to the details below and consequently won the lottery:

REFERENCE NUMBER:PRC/50712841/2006
BATCH NUMBER: 89/764334/DG/NMS
TICKET NUMBER:778-64309-2125-684
LUCKY NUMBERS:14-77-52-19-99-45.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of RANDS 13,000,000.00. This is from total prize money of RANDS 221,000,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in the category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and Middle
East and Asia,From all search engines and web sites as part of our international promotions program to encourage prospective overseas entries.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly 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 scam,fraud or unscrupulous acts by participants of this promotion. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes 100,000,000 pounds Million International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent:

JOHNSON SIPHO
CLAIMS MANAGER.
Tel:+27764126452
Email:prcasino1@winning.com


For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than Two Weeks after notice. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

MONICA MURILLO
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
PRETORIA RESORT CASINO
EMAIL:prcasino2@702mail.co.za

Anti-fraud resources:

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