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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:

• 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 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.
  • paymentoffice_sa@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lottopromotion2" <lottopromotion2@canada.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 02:23:50 -0800
Subject: From Canada;(Ms. Gwen Shapiro)

From: Ms. Gwen Shapiro
Canada Lottery-Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw
1550 Princess Street
Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3



Attention: Customer AFRSA680
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/05
Batch No. Lotto 6/49

WINNING NOTIFICATION

The Canadian Government sponsors this lottery for the
promotion of the 2010 Soccer World cup to be hosted in South
Africa.

We happily announce to you the draw of the
Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lottery International Programs
held on Wednesday, 3 may 2006 in Essex United Kingdom and
Ontario Canada. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket
Number: B9564 75604545 100, with Serial Number 46563760 drew
the winning numbers 1/ 17/ 24/ 29 /34 /46 with a bonus
Number 27, for LOTTO 6/49 under the choice of the lottery in
the 2nd category of daily three.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United
States Dollars) in cash credited to file
EAAL/9080118308/05.This is from a total cash prize of US
$11,100,000.00 Million dollars, shared amongst the first One
Hundred and-thirty (130) lucky winners in this category
Worldwide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in
your play coupon, because this particular draw was selected
to promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted in South Africa
hence your winning information must be kept to enable you
participate in our
subsequent draws which will see 500 participants traveling
on an all expense paid trip to South Africa for the Soccer
World Cup 2010.

In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and
Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to
you by an accredited commercial Bank in South Africa. Our
African agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact
our African Agent's office.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web
site through computer draws system and extracted from over
10,000,00 companies and personal e-mails. For
security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claims are processed and
your money remitted to you in whatever manner you
deem fit.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
unscrupulous elements. Please be warned!

To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding
Agent in South Africa immediately you read this message for
quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information
is as follow: email: paymentoffice_sa@yahoo.ca Phone+
27730767043 to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications,
please quote your reference numbers and winning date in any
correspondences with our designated agents.

Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of
this program that has ensured that you won this competition.
Thank you for being part of our Promotional Lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,

Ms. Gwen Shapiro

NOTE: To confirm that you have the winning number for The
wed, 3 may 2006 draw, copy this and paste on address bar:
http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=6 OR
visit our website:
http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=6
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