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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million united states dollars" (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.
  • +27839551248 (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.
  • richbaloyi01@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "BetWealth Lotto" <info.03.nationallottery.org@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:17:12 +0200
Subject: THE NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE NOTIFICATION!!!

	THE NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE NOTIFICATION GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY THE NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE INTERNATIONAL IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF 1993 (c. 39) (Registered in England No.3573320).

                                                                 

The National Lottery
3b Olympic Way               
Sefton Business Park
Aintree Liverpool L30 1RD
United Kingdom
Tel: 0151 236 1796  

 National Lottery Lucky Program

Lotto900

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You Have Just Won

$ 820,000,00
(Eight Hundred And Twenty Thousand United States Dollar)

CALL NOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE
 + 27-839-55-1248
CALL 24HRS, 7 DAYS A WEEK, INCLUDING SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS

Call Now
Dr. Richard Baloyi
@
+ 27-839-55-1248

E-mail@

richbaloyi01@yahoo.com

 

							Bonus

CS No: 680 NLP-2-900
Ref No: NLLP/77-2ONI-05
Batch No: 55/7/NC34 NLLP
Zonal Draw No: NLLP2-05
Grand Draw No: 900/1046

Lotto900 Winning Notification

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release (Lotto900) on the 4th march 2006, from the National Lottery Lucky program Aintree Liverpool United Kingdom.

Your name "email address" was attached to ticket number; N4561 99163450 277,serial number 7741137002-07/01/2006. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 04,08,16,23,28,47 bonus number 34, which consequently won the lottery in the second category

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of US$820,000 (Eighty Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credit file Ref: NL/TL-ZA4061725/06 from the total cash prize of US$109,880,000 Million United States Dollars shared amongst the first One Hundred and Thirty Four (134) lucky winners in this category worldwide. (i.e. match 5 plus bonus).   

Prize Breakdown

NUMBER OF MATCHES			No OF    WINNERS		$s PER WINNER		TOTAL
	Match 6			1		$5,601,968		$5,601,968
	Match 5 plus bonus			134		$820,000		$109,880, 000
	Match 5			28		$1,715		$48,020
	Match 4			36469		$64		$2,334,016
	Match 3			700919		$10		$7,009,190
	Totals			737551				$12,487,3194

Your name "email address" was selected through a computer random balloting system accredited by the British Standards Institution (BSI) drawn from 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.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

You’re lucky winning numbers falls within our Afro booklet representative office in Southern Africa as indicated in your play coupon and your winning prize has been insured by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In view of this, your US$820,000 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our payment center/agent in Southern Africa where your winning booklet falls.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. "Please"  be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding payment center/agent in Southern Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your winning prize

Contact information:
Dr.Richard Baloyi

Regional Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agents Africa
Block E, 2nd Floor Mapungubwe Building
77 Meintjies Street Sunnyside
Johannesburg 2001
Tel/Fax +27 11 507 5744
Direct line/AH:  +27 839-55-1248

richbaloyi01@yahoo.com 

Important Note, you MUST claim your winning prize on or before December 31,2006, otherwise YOUR WINNING PRIZE will be returned as unclaimed and donated to charity.

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.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of National Lottery Aintree Liverpool United Kingdom

Best Regards

Mrs. Margaret Shaw.
(United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.)

 

 

 

 

Mr. Richard Watson
(United Kingdom Zonal Secretary General.)

 

John Branscombe
(Director of Security and Facilities.)

 

 

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The information contained in this message may be confidential and is intended to be only for the addressee. Should you receive this message unintentionally, please do not use the contents herein and notify the sender immediately by return e-mail. Although The National Lottery has taken steps to ensure that this email and attachments are free from any virus, you do need to verify the possibility of their existence as The National Lottery can take no responsibility for any computer virus which might be transferred by way of this email.

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