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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "euro afro american lottery promotion"
  • "south african 2010 world cup hosting 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)
  • "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!

Fraud email example:

From: ph_ndlovu_2k6@canada.com
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 03:43:52 -0800
Subject: Lotto Winning Notification

Euro Afro American Lottery Promotion Switzerland.

From the desk of: Mr. Phillip Ndlovu

Dear Sir/Madam,

Lotto Winning Notifications

We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010
World Cup Hosting Lottery Award International Programs held
in Zurich, Switzerland on the 6th of March 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9665
75604546 199 with Serial number 97560 drew the winning
numbers 04, 13, 24, 38, 43, 47 that subsequently won you the
lottery award in Category A.

Your email address have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of US$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States
Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9030108308/03/06

This is from a total cash prize of US$10,000,000.00 (Ten
Million United States Dollars) budgeted to be shared amongst
the first ten lucky winners in this category worldwide.
Please note that your lucky winning numbers fall within our
lottery booklet representative office in South Africa as
indicate in the play coupon.

In view of this, your US$1,000.000.00 (One Million United
States Dollars) would be released to you through the
assistance of our agent in South Africa immediately you
contact him. Note that all participants were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer ballot
draw systems.

The Lottery Program was conducted to promote South Africa's
2010 World Cup Soccer Hosting. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till
your claims has been processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deemed fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements.

Please you are advised to file for your claim immediately
you receive this email to enable us process your winning.It
is pertinent to let you know that you stand a risk of losing
the prize if you fail to claim your winning money within a
month from the day you received this notification.

You can confirm the authenticity of this draw from the
authorized Security/Finance Company’s website:
www.crest-security.com. The information is posted under:
South Africa 2010 World Cup Hosting Lottery Results.

Once again, congratulations!.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Phillip Ndlovu



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