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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • +27782696864 (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.
  • mike_zuma@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "southafrica lott" <southafricalott22@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:28:05 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

 

        

 

YOUR WINNING LOTTERY.

COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL DRAW

 

THIS MESSAGE IS  FROM  THE PROMOTION MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

 

PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY .

YOU HAVE WON ON THE COMPUTER BALLOT,

 

 THE SUM OF US$ 500,000.00

 

PLEASE CONTACT

 

(MR.MIKE ZUMA)

 

YOUR CLAIM AGENT IN AFRICA ON THE BELOW DETAILS

 

FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT

 

EMAIL: mike_zuma@excite.com

 

 

 

 

 

(PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY SA.)

 

PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION

 

 

This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your  US$500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe./ Africa

 

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 5,200,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

 

Note that your email address qualified for the draw, as a result of your visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for. You/Your Company email address, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number 513-10 drew the lucky numbers  7, 14, 20, 33, 38, 43 and Bonus number 5 and consequently YOU HAVE won in the Second Category.

 

Your winning Ticket is Number. S/A/N/LYour Serial Number. 754-77
Your lucky draw Numbers are. 15, 16, 17, 18, 29, 46 Bonus Number 40
Your INSURANCE Number: BBTHY/453L/GMSA

 

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$500,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for the year 2006  category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$2,500,000.00 shared among the five international winners in the Second category. CONGRATULATIONS!

 

Please be informed that you have to contact your claiming agent on the neccessary step to take for the claiming of the sum of US$500,000.00  is insured with your email address which won you this prize, therefore you should contact (PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY ) your agent and give them your full names so that they will re-insure your WINNING  under your full names.

 

Please note that PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY   your paying agent, will invite you to their office in Johannesburg South Africa for your immediate payment, you have to hurry up and contact them immediately. To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent immediately, Mr Mike Zuma+27-782-696-864

 

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers and other information provided above and below in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent.

 

REFERENCE NUMBER: LJM-S242-BLS-0955

BATCH NUMBER: 22G-BSY78-SAP77

 

 

PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY WORLD WIDE LOTTO PROGRAM IS A BONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE 2010 SOCCER WORLD

 

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

 

Sincerely,

MR. MIKE ZUMA

SOUTH AFRICA REP.  

 

 

LAST WINNERS ON PRESTIOUS SOUTH AFRICA

LOTTERY

      

       

THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSURED BY: SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY. AND SUPPORTED BY: (F餩ration Internationale de Football Association) FIFA SUPPORT 

  

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