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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 about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +27782121557 (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.
  • richard_baloyiagent@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sa online" <saonline_lottery@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:50:45 +0200
Subject: NEW YEAR WINNER (CONTACT CLAIMS AGENT)

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER SA LOTTERY, SOUTH AFRICA.

 

Dear Sir/Madam,

      INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PROCESSING PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement  of winners of the GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, held on 22nd January of 2006. as part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America,Asia,Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and NewZealand as part of our electronic business PromotionsProgram.

 We are happy to inform you that you have won a cash prize of US$1.950.000.00 (One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) in cash in the SA ONLINE LOTTERY new year Promotional draw announced today 
 

You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for.You/Your Company, attached to ticket number : 700-45309-7482, with serial number:515-10-29080 drew the lucky numbers 12, 19, 29, 30, 37, 40+01 and consequently won in the Second Category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1.950.000.00 One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars in cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$7.8 million shared among the four international winners in the Second category. 

 

CONGRATULATIONS!

Mr.RICHARD BALOYI the fiduciary agent assigned to your case I wish to congratulate you on your victory, you are a lucky person to have won this lottery. You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the your winning price is to the tune of 1.950.000.00 One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars.

You are to contact the director of SA GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA  claims department with the information below to arrange for your payout

 

1. Full names.

2. Phone number.

3. Fax number.

4. Occupation.

5. Sex.

6. Age.

7. Nationality.

MR. RICHARD BALOYI

FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,

AllStates Buildiing, 234, Woodmead Street,

9Th Floor Unit 999 Johannesburg South Africa.

TEL:+27 782 121 557

EMAIL: richard_baloyiagent@yahoo.com

Ensure that you contact the director of claims department not later than 14 working days from the day you receive this notification message for due processing and remittance of your prize.

 

Finally, Be advised that your winnings would be paid to you in Four(4) installments This is done because of the amount won by you. This money would be paid to you on instalmental basis via the Correspondent Bank of the Lottery promoters. You are advised to keep your winning numbers secret to avoid unscrupulous elements from taking advantage of the situation.

Once again, congratulations. Your fund is now deposited with the Global mega lottery/ Finance and Company insured in your name. 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 double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our mid year (2006) high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.

 

Sincerely,
 
MRS MAGRET POWELL
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
SA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.

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