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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.

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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +27836710872 (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.
  • agentthambo7@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sa2010worldcuplottery2@jmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:08:50 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! SOUTH AFRICA 2010 LOTTERY WINNER.

THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP BID ONLINE GAME


South Africa Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service



Batch: 14/211/0374
Ref: BTL/311OXI/02


WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the British South
Africa 2010 world cup lottery bid online programs held in
London to suport and promote south african 2010 world cup,
Your e-mail address attached, to ticket number: 694
75600545
721 with Serial number: 886/04 drew the lucky
numbers:01-6-2-13-35-17, which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been
approved
to claim a total sum of $2,000,000.00(TWO MILLION UNITED
STATE DOLLARS) in cash credited to file RPC/9080115322/44.
This is from a total cash prize of $125 Million us
Dollars.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for
British $ South Africa Lottery, The estimated 125 million
jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K/.S.A. history.The
biggest was the 363 million jackpot that went to two
winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega
Millions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet and our
representative office in South African as indicated in our
play coupon. In view of this, your $2,000,000.00 ( TWO
MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) would be released to you by
our affiliate bank in SOUTH AFRICA.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you
make contact with him and call him on the phone.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web
site through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually.To
file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent in
South Africa with the below details for processing of your
claims.


Agent Name: Mr.Mark Thambo
Email: agentthambo7@myway.com
Tel: + 27 83 67 10 872.

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the
Claim Agent immediatly with this information:

NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:...............................
NATIONALITY:...........................
SEX:...................................
AGE:...................................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:............................
COMPANY:...............................
BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:.................

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote
your reference/batch numbers in our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of
this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional
lottery program.

Sincerely,
Mr.Steve Benson.
Zonal Coordinator

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear
to
be using Britsih Or South African 2010 National Lottery
addresses, but are not from The British or South African
Lottery Office.

PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO : CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS
DEPT:support@easyinfomail.co.za

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam