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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")
• 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.
  • +27782877069 (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.
  • canada_loto2010@canada.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • agentwilliam@canada.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "canada lotto" <canada_board29@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:59:35 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS " YOUR LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

From: Mrs. RITA THOMAS
No: 5 Doyle Street
Ontario Canada.

Email: canada_loto2010@canada.com       
Customer Service: 700 NCA 75105
Ref: MXE/061725/05,
Batch: TXC/6490902/188,
Winning No: Quot 3/4
Draw Coupon: Match 1+NS

                                             WINNING NOTIFICATION

Date: 07/07/06,

THIS LOTTERY IS SPONSORED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT  FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP TO BE HOSTED IN SOUTH AFRICA.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lotter International programs held on Saturday MARCH 25, 2006 in Essex United Kingdom
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:  B/7056490902, with Serial  number: 889002/01/01/2006.drew the Winning numbers 6, 5, 1, 4,6,2 bonus number 1, with a bonus Number 21, for LOTTO 6/49 under the choice of the lottery in the 2nd category of daily three. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$ 920,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND TWENNTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 474061720/05 from the total cash prize of US14, 000,000.00 shared amongst sixteen lucky winners, based on their category.

 

 Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon, because this particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World Cup to be Hosted in South Africa hence your winning information must be kept to enable you participate in our subsequent games before the grand finale. In view of this, your US$ 920,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND TWENNTY THOUSAND DOLLARS)

 

would be released to you by an accredited commercial Bank in South Africa. Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 60,000,00 companies and personal e-mails. 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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding agent in South Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund,

 

Contact information is as follow:
 

MR. WILLIAM JONES
Mutual park Jan Smuts Drive
Pinelands, Gauteng. 7405.
Phone: + 27 78 28 77 069 .
Fax: + 27 11 507 5835.
email: (agentwilliam@canada.com)

 

ZONAL OFFICE:
Mutualpark Jan Smuts Drive
Pinelands, Gauteng.7405.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote
your reference/ batch  numbers in any correspondences with
our designated
agents.

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________

2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________

5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

8.TELEPHONE/Fax  NUMBER:_____________________

9.REFERENCE NUMBER:____________________

10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________

11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________

12.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

13.WINNING NUMBER: ________________________________

14. STATE:__________________________________

15. COUNTRY________________________________

 
Upon receipt of the duly requested data, your claim agent
will proceed with the release of your winning.

Warm Regards,

Jennifer Brown (Mrs)
Promotion Manager

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program you have successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Gladys Owen United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator
Mrs. Patricia Hope Asst. Gen. Sec Mr. Grey Johnson
Canadian/American Zonal Secretary General.
Switzerland Zonal Co-coordinator For African Winners Dr
Bill Wilson. African/European Head Office
Baumgarten-strasse 15 Postfach 686 Geneva CH-8201
Schaffhausen Dr Peter Martins Head South African
Offshore Payment Office Madrid, Spain.

Thanks for your

Co-operation in anticipation.

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