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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +27781527272 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +27866536536 (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.
  • mrwilson_dube@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "susan susan" <susan1davids00@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:39:36 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT CANADA.
Date: 01/01/06,
Ref: MXE/061725/06,
Batch: TXC/6490902/188,
Winning No: Quot 3/4
CONGRATULATIONS
Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 8th march 2006
from the Canadian International Lottery program.
Your "email address" was attached to ticket number: B/7056490902, serial
number: 889002/01/01/2006. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 6,
5, 1, 4,6,2 bonus number 1, which consequently won the lottery in the second
category.


You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of US$ 420,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED
AND TWENNTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 474061720/06
from the total cash prize of US14, 000,000.00 shared amongst sixteen lucky
winners, based on their category.
All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn form Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our
international promotions program, which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as
part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where
they have operational base. We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international
draw.
Please do contact:
MR WILSON DUBE (Claim Agent).
CANADIAN LOTTERY BOARD
Phone: + 27 78 152 7272.
Fax: - + 27 866 536 536
Email: mrwilson_dube@yahoo.com

OLD MUTUAL ORGANISATION
Mutualpark Jan Smuts Drive
Pinelands, Gauteng.7405.
Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on
the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names and
address to help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted
taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed with a specified date; otherwise YOUR
PRIZE will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!
Best Regards
Susan Davies (coordinator

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