419 scam: Alex Zuma <winningconfirmation@indiatimes.com> Congratulations! you are a winner

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
- sa@winning.com
- luckyyou@winning.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Alex Zuma <winningconfirmation@indiatimes.com>
Reply-To: winningconfirmation@inbox.com
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:49:52 +0400
Subject: Congratulations! you are a winner

THIS PROGRAM ISSPONSORED BY: VODAPHONE/SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY.
AND SUPPORTED BY:( SOUTH AFRICA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION IN VIEW OF SOUTH
AFRICA FIFA 2010WORLD CUP)

South African 2010 World cup lottery online 2006Lottery

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:

We happilyannounce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid
lotteryAward International programs held in PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA.
Your e-mailaddress attached to ticket number: (B9665 75604546 199) with! Serialnumber (97560) Drew the winning NO: (6/8/27/10/19/30/42), and Insurancenumber (KISCS433/2010SNLP/2006) which subsequently won you the lotteryaward in the 2nd category.

Your name has therefore been approved toclaim a total sum of
US$2,000,000.00 (Two million United StatesDollars) in cash credited to file Number (KPC/9030108308/03). This isfrom a total cash prize of US
($400,000,000.00) shared among the first200 Hundred and lucky winners in this category world-wide.

Pleasenote that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery
bookletrepresentative office in South Africa as indicate in the play
coupon.In view of this, your. ($2,000,000.00) (Two Million United StatesDollars) would be released to you by our paying agent (UNIVERSAL TRUSTUNION) to facilitate the release of your Award Prize you are advice tocontact the Claims Department, (UNIVERSAL TRUST UNION)E-MAIL
(THIS PROGRAM ISSPONSORED BY: VODAPHONE/SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY.
AND SUPPORTED BY:( SOUTH AFRICA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION IN VIEW OF SOUTH
AFRICA FIFA 2010WORLD CUP)

South African 2010 World cup lottery online 2006Lottery

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:

We happilyannounce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid
lotteryAward International programs held in PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA.
Your e-mailaddress attached to ticket number: (B9665 75604546 199) with! Serialnumber (97560) Drew the winning NO: (6/8/27/10/19/30/42), and Insurancenumber (KISCS433/2010SNLP/2006) which subsequently won you the lotteryaward in the 2nd category.

Your name has therefore been approved toclaim a total sum of
US$2,000,000.00 (Two million United StatesDollars) in cash credited to file Number (KPC/9030108308/03). This isfrom a total cash prize of US
($400,000,000.00) shared among the first200 Hundred and lucky winners in this category world-wide.

Pleasenote that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery
bookletrepresentative office in South Africa as indicate in the play
coupon.In view of this, your. ($2,000,000.00) (Two Million United StatesDollars) would be released to you by our paying agent (UNIVERSAL TRUSTUNION) to facilitate the release of your Award Prize you are advice tocontact the Claims Department, (UNIVERSAL TRUST UNION)E-MAIL
(utu-sa@winning.com)

All participants were selectedrandomly from World Wide Web-site
through computer draw system andextracted from over (100, 000, 00) companies and individual emailsaddress. The lottery program took place to promote South Africa (2010world cup award).

For security reasons, you are advised to keep yourwinning information
confidential till your claims are processed andyour money remitted to
you. This is part of our precautionary measureto avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by someunscrupulous elements

(Please bewarned)

CONGRATULATIONS! For security reasons and accurate payout ofthe
winning prize, be informed that your winning prize of US$2,000,000.00 is deposited with our finance firm (UNIVERSAL TRUST UNION SOUTHAFRICA with your email address, which won you this prize. I will adviseyou to
please forward your claim of the prize directly to UTU SA.Please keep the details in this mail strictly to yourself until yourclaim has been
processed to avoid someone else claiming your prize. Tostart processing your claim, please contact UTU SA immediately with thisreference Batch Number: (13/26/DC36.)

MR TONY SIBONGA (CLAIMMANAGER)

UTU SOUTH AFRICA
P.O.BOX 10452
JOHANNESBURG 2001
SOUTHAFRICA
E-MAIL (utu-sa@winning.com)

NB: Prize won must be claimnot later than 4 weeks from the day of
receipt of this notice. Prizenot claim will be returned as unclaimed. Do not reply to this messageand under the age of 18 is not qualify for
this promotion; contactUniversal Trust Union SA to claim your prize.
THIS LOTTERY PROGRAM IS ABONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE PROMOTION
OF SOUTH AFRICA FIFA WORLDCUP 2010

Congratulations.
Sincerely,

Alex Zuma

PromotionDepartment
SAFA
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
Email:luckyyou@winning.com
THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSURED BY: SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTOAUTHORITY. AND
SUPPORTED BY: (SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION IN)

All participants were selectedrandomly from World Wide Web-site
through computer draw system andextracted from over (100, 000, 00) companies and individual emailsaddress. The lottery program took place to promote South Africa (2010world cup award).

For security reasons, you are advised to keep yourwinning information
confidential till your claims are processed andyour money remitted to
you. This is part of our precautionary measureto avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by someunscrupulous elements

(Please bewarned)

CONGRATULATIONS! For security reasons and accurate payout ofthe
winning prize, be informed that your winning prize of US$2,000,000.00 is deposited with our finance firm (UNIVERSAL TRUST UNION SOUTHAFRICA with your email address, which won you this prize. I will adviseyou to
please forward your claim of the prize directly to UTU SA.Please keep the details in this mail strictly to yourself until yourclaim has been
processed to avoid someone else claiming your prize. Tostart processing your claim, please contact UTU SA immediately with thisreference Batch Number: (13/26/DC36.)

MR TONY SIBONGA (CLAIMMANAGER)

UTU SOUTH AFRICA
P.O.BOX 10452
JOHANNESBURG 2001
SOUTHAFRICA
E-MAIL (utu-sa@winning.com)

NB: Prize won must be claimnot later than 4 weeks from the day of
receipt of this notice. Prizenot claim will be returned as unclaimed. Do not reply to this messageand under the age of 18 is not qualify for
this promotion; contactUniversal Trust Union SA to claim your prize.
THIS LOTTERY PROGRAM IS ABONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE PROMOTION
OF SOUTH AFRICA FIFA WORLDCUP 2010

Congratulations.
Sincerely,

Alex Zuma

PromotionDepartment
SAFA
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
Email:luckyyou@winning.com
THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSURED BY: SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTOAUTHORITY. AND
SUPPORTED BY: (SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION IN

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