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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +27730852529 (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.
  • claimagentkelvin@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: goldclaims@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:52:25 -0800
Subject: FROM UK/SA GOLD PROMOTIONS

28 OXFORD DRIVE
SANDTON SOUTH AFRICA
Batch: 12/25/0340
Ref: BTL/101OXI/02

UK/SA GOLD PROMOTIONS NOTIFICATION DESK
Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the UK/SA GOLD PROMOTIONS(AFRICAN
SKIES PROMOTION), online Sweepstakes International program held on 6TH JULY 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number
5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: (13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus #(09).Which sub
sequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £800,000.00 (eight hundred
thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a
total cash prize of £5,000,000,00 shared amongst the first six (6) lucky winners in
this category.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from WorldWide Web
sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associa
tions, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

This promotion takes place bianually. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our European/African booklet representative office in South Africa.In
view of this, your £800,000.00 (eight hundred thousand pounds sterling)would be
released to you by any of our courier department or by on-line bank to bank transfer.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him/her.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claim 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 dou
ble claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned !!!

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent below with the following
details:

1.YOUR FULL NAMES AS IT APPEARS IN YOUR NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION
DOCUMENTS.
2. AGE, OCCUPATION, TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER.
3.YOUR PHYSICAL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.

NAME: MR.KELVIN SMITH
E MAIL: claimagentkelvin@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE # +27 73 085 2529

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK/SA GOLD PROMOTIONS BOARD

Yours faithfully,
JANE CARTER
Director.International Promotions Unit.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam