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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +27730894757 (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.
  • kenclaimagent@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Robert Zuma <robert.zuma3@yahoo.ie>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 09:01:49 +0100 (BST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION 2006



SOUTH AFRICA OFFICE
Programs and Events Department
Ran bury hill South Africa.
Ref: SA/203/041167/35

UNITED KINGDOM OFFICE
Liverpool, L70 INL
Ref: UK/9420X2/68



This email confirms that you have received from the UK/SA national lottery Serial Number Lottery your official notification of your emergence among our 25 lucky prize winners in the UK/SA national lottery Serial Number Lottery promotions conducted January 15th 2006. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. You have won under word group – 1.; winners which comprises of 25 lucky winners. You are entitled as one of our promotional winner to receive a cash prize of £ 250,000 GBP (two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds Sterling).UK/SA national lottery Serial Number Lottery PROMOTION is world promotional program organized by the national lottery company organization national investment around the globe and the official suspense by South Africa Gov/United Kingdom Gov by the help of Globe Company.


This promotion is entry free NO TICKETS ARE PURCHASED! Winners are randomly selected systematically online by E-mail and Country code only selections of winners are generated by an Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) Your email entered for draw No.137 and was luckily selected among 25 lucky winners. A total of 1 million email addresses were entered for this promotion all emails are submitted by our partner international email service providers/ marketing companies and public services providers. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 56475600545188 with reference number CO/9420x/68, drew winning numbers 7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to batch number 074/05/zy369 and serial number 5368/2 which consequently won in the 3rd category via our electronic ticket as stated above. You have therefore been approved for a pay out of £ 250,000 GBP (two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds Sterling).

The South Africa 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, You are advise to have contact and forward your winning information’s to your claim agent here in south africa as a winner. Provide him with the following information to avoid mistake and indicate your method of payment to your accredited claims processing office.

South Africa [claim officer]
Dr. ken johnson
TEL: +27-73-089-4757
Email: kenclaimagent@yahoo.com



NAME:……………………………………......REFERNCE NUMBER:............................

DREW WINNING NUMBER:……………………………. TICKET NUMBER:.......................

BATCH NUMBER:………………………… WINNING NUMBER:.................................

SERIAL NUMBER:......................................

HOME/CONTACT ADDERSS:...........................................................................................

OCCUPATION:…………………………...............MARITAL STATUS:…………………..AGE:………

TELEPHONE:………………………FAX NUMBER:………………………………..

COUNTRY/NATIONALITY:………………………………..


PAYMENT METHOD FOR NON RESIDEND OF THE LOTTERY BASE SIT IN THE SOUTH AFRICA

INDICATE YES OR NO

(1) TRAVELLING TO THE SOUTH AFRICA FOR CASH COLLECTION: ..............

(2) BANK TO BANK ELECTRONIC WIRE TRANSFER:.........

(3) COURIER SERVIER FOR SHIPMENT:...........


Once again, congratulations on your prize winning from UK/SA National lottery.


Sincerely,
Mr robert amadi [uk/sa national lottery board director]

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be beging SA/UK National Lottery addresses, but are not from The SA/UK Lottery.PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO :
CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTSDEPT:kenclaimagent@yahoo.com
LAST WINNERS ON SA/UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.






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