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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "flash fortune lottery"
• 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.
  • +27834862761 (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.
  • larrywilliamszaaa2@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "inter loo" <interloza56@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:50:49 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

7TH JUNE, 2006.

YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THE COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL DRAW!!!
THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE
DIRECTOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE DISBURSEMENT CENTER
FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.

YOU HAVE WON ON THE COMPUTER BALLOT,
THE SUM OF US$1,950.000.00

PLEASE CALL OR CONTACT:
Mr. Larry Williams
YOUR CLAIMS MANAGER FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT ON
PHONE +27 83 486 2761
Email: larrywilliamszaaa2@yahoo.com


PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!
============================
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made today 6 June
2006, as one of the winners in the FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, as part
of our Promotional draws. HELD ON 30TH OF APRIL 2006. Your e-mail address
attached to Ticket number 100-309-74824 with Serial number 513-10 drew the
Winning numbers 5, 9, 12, 29, 40, 59 TOP 76 and Bonus number 1
which subsequently you won the lottery in the 3rd category i.e. Thunder ball
Jackpot.
You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,950,000.00 only in cash
credited to file ZAR/5533-SDS2/06. This is from the total prize money of
US$13,650,000.00 shared among the Seven International winners in the Third
category.
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.
This Promotion takes place monthly.
Please note that your Lucky Winning
number falls within our
International Booklet representative office here in South Africa as
indicated in your
winning numbers.
Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers
and email address, we request you to quote your Reference Number and Batch
Numbers
We also advice you to keep this award strictly from Public Notice until
Your claim has been processed.
To begin your claim, urgently call the Claims Manager upon completing the
Application Prize Claim to speedy up in processing your Winning.

Reference Number: FLS-ZR39-825P-4
Batchl number: 74-263-BBN


CLAIMS MANAGER
FLASH FORTUNE ONLINE PROMOTIONS
MR. Larry Williams
TEL:
+27 83 486 2761
E-MAIL: larrywilliamszaaa2@yahoo.com
=============================================================
APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM (Receipt Official Notification Letter)
=============================================================

[FULL NAME OF WINNER]...............................................

[FULL MAILING ADDRESS]..............................................

[COUNTRY/REGION].......................................................

[STATE/PROVINCE].......................................................

[DATE OF
BIRTH].................../...................../...........

[SEX]..................................................................

[MARITAL STATUS]....................................................

[OCCUPATION]...........................................................

[CURRENT EMAIL].......................................................

[TEL].............................. [FAX]..............................

WINNING INFORMATION:

[LUCKY NUMBERS]........................................................

[REFERENCE
NUMBER]..................................................

[BATCH NUMBER]........................................................

[DATE OF NOTIFICATION].................................................
You are to fill and complete this APPLICATION and
send it back to your
Claims Manager's

MR. Larry WilliamsTEL: +27 83 486 2761E-MAIL: larrywilliamszaaa2@yahoo.com

Or call him on Telephone Number:

Please indicate "X" for the option you want your prize remitted to you.
Listed are the options of receiving prize payment.

(1) PAYMENT BY ONLINE BANK TRANSFER:
..........................................................[____]
(2) COURIER DELIVERY OF YOUR PRIZE CHEQUE:
..................................................[____]
(3)
PAYMENT APPROVAL PROCESS:
..................…....……….………………………..............[____]

Submitted Form will be manually verified and processed by the assigned
Claims Manager.
The Processing of your form will be completed within the next 24 hours of
receiving
your LOTTERY CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM-C.
You will receive an update on the status of your application once

Completely Processed.

DENIAL OF APPLICATION:
====================== Please be informed that the following listed
Country
Have been banned from participating in the lottery: Vietnam, Iraq,

South Africa, Nigeria, Venezuela and North Korea.
If you are a resident of the listed country you cannot file claims for
This
Lottery prize.
Please delete this Notification, as your prize processing will be
Annulled

Without notice.
Once again, accept our congratulations on your prize winning.

Sincerely,
Dr. George Baloyi,
Director, Prize
Disbursement Center.

PS;
YOU ARE TO CALL THE CLAIMS MANAGER UPON FILLING THE APPLICATION FOR THE
PRIZE CLAIM TO ENABLE THEIR OFFICE SPEEDY-UP US IN PROCESSING YOUR
WINNING.
© 2006 FLASH FORTUNE ONLINE PROMOTIONS.
All rights reserved.
Offer valid to winners who are at least 18 years of age. Void where
Prohibited.
No purchase necessary to claim winning prize.
See web site for
details.

You
will need to meet all of the steps to redeem as
Outlined in the Terms & Conditions before you can receive your
Promotional
Prizes.
To receive this promotion, you must:
1) Submit email and mailing address information
2)
Select one of the options listed for receiving prize
3) Check your e-mail inbox for "Redemption Notification"
4) Follow Redemption instructions. You can unsubscribe from our
Promotional
Updates.

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