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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +27734964132 (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.
  • aleroayemieye@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • johnlesego@magicmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • magicfinance@magicmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Magic Finance <aleroayemieye@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: johnlesego@magicmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 05:46:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOU ARE A MILLIONAIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: aleroayemieye@yahoo.com

Electronic Email Lottery Winners

MAGIC LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL NEW YEAR DRAWS.

#136 WATERKLOOF RIDGE,SANTON

JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA.

Email:magiclottery@magicmail.com

TEL:+27-734-9641-32

FILE REFERENCE NO:MLINT/700025/50040

Stake Number: MLINT/655533/06-MS

Sec Code: MLINT//444302/06-MR


AWARD NOTIFICATION.

We wish to congratulate you over your success in our computer balloting sweepstake held on the 26th of May 2006.

This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. However, your email address was attached to stake number MLINT/655533/06-MS with sec code MLINT/CHL/444302/06-MR which eventually won the lottery in the first category of the draws.

This entitles you to a cash award of US$ 1, 500,000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS).

This is from total prize money of US$30,000,000.00 distributed to winners from 1st to 3rd categories.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference

and batch numbers provided below in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent.

REFERENCE :MLINT/700025/50040

STAKE NUMBER: MLINT/655533/06-MS

SEC CODE: MLINT//444302/06-MR

Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of philanthropist, industrialists

from the internet ware industry and some other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.

Also to begin your Claim, send to your claims agent the following information by email:

1)YOUR STAKE NUMBER,SEC CODE NUMBERS,REFFERENCE NUMBERS AND AMOUNT WON

2)YOUR FULL NAME

3)YOUR ADDRESS

4)A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR ID (PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENCE)

5)CONTACT TELEPHONE, MOBILE PHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER

6)AGE AND OCCUPATION.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.

Please, contact your claims agent.

MR.JOHN LESEGO.(CLAIMS AGENT)

Email:johnlesego@magicmail.co.za

Email:magicfinance@magicmail.co.za

TEL: +27-734-9641-32

Yours Faithfully,

For: MAGIC LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL



- Magic Finance

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