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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.
• 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.
  • +27736009799 (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.
  • willsteve2006@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Tony Mark" <thonymark2010@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:27:24 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

PRIME LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

PRIME LOTTERY PROMOTION
Customer Service
17-19 cole Street,
Baines Middlesex TW18 4TP
SOUTH AFRICA.

 

REF.NO :PTP/UK/9420X2/69
BACTH NO: PTP/074/05/ZY/567

                                    

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT PRIME LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.  

 

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Olsen,

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 22nd of January 2006. Due to the mix up of number, the results were released on the 2nd February 2006.  

Your e-mail attached to ticket number 219028657434 with serial number 18735625 drew the prime numbers of 21-70-81-82-99, which consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.

 

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of $1,500,000:00 Only (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY) in cash which is deposited with a Finance & Security Company in your favor  as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you.  

 

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

 

 To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that have been appointed for the processing of your claim with your contact telephone and fax number to begin the processing of your claim: 

 

PRIME LOTTO PAYMENT OFFICE SOUTH AFRICA

CONTACT NAME: MR STEVE WILLIAMS

CITY/COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27-73-6009799
Reply Email to: willsteve2006@yahoo.com

 

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 31^st of March 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

 

  

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. THONY MARK

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