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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery"
• 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 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.
  • frankwrightesq_agents@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "GLOBAL LOTTERY" <universalbuildings_62@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:09:43 +0100
Subject: GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY COMPANY (WINNING NOTIFICATION)

GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY

Universal Building, 132 - 133 Park Hurst
Balfour - Unite 1440
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001
SOUTH AFRICA
OMEGA CROSSING.

Congratulations!

 

The Global Mega Lottery Promotion team is proud to inform you that you have won USD 950,000.00 Why you have won Your E-mail address is one of 200 lucky Addresses who have won in the annual Promotion.

 

See below how to claim your prize.

 

Details on the Winnings

 

Your Winning Reference Number is: FLS-ZR39-825P-4

 Batch Number:  74-263-BBN.

TICKET NUMBER:100-309-7482

SERAIL NUMBER:513-10

WINNING NUMBERS:02,09,22,23,24,30(05)

 

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed within one month of play  .Kindly understand that your winned sum is insured to avoid double  claiming  and security from misconduct. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,  please quote your eference/batch numbers in  any  correspondences with our  designated agents.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of  this program that has successfully won this competition.

 

Processing Manager: Mr.Frank Wright
Solicitors,Conveyancers & Notary Public
Jan Smuts Rd 9 walters Ave
Rose Bank Johannesburg

TEL:  27-83-747-7700.
EMAIL: frankwrightesq_agents@yahoo.co.uk

 

Congratulations again and have a lot of fun. The International Mega Promotion team.

 

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
  
Mrs.Jenniffer Gray.
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator
Mrs Kenny Martin Asst Sec
Mr.Grey Johnson
Canadian/American Zonal Secretary General.
Switzerland Zonal Co-coordinator For African Winners
Bar Mar Sanchez.
African/European Head Office
Baumgartenstrasse 15
Postfach 686 Geneva
CH-8201 Schaffhausen
  
You are to provide the claim agent with the under listed information as soon as possible:
  
  1. NAME IN FULL:................................
  2. ADDRESS:.....................................
  3. NATIONALITY:.................................
  4. AGE:.........................................
  5. Sex..........................................
  6. OCCUPATION:..................................
  7. MARITAL STATUS:..............................
  8. PHONE.......................................
  9. FAX:........................................
  10.WINNING REF................................,
  
              IMPORTANT NOTICE:
  (a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process, failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture. Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims
process.
  (b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of  claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards  winning.
  (c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details  very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.
  
Congratulations once  again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our Promotions program. 

The Global Mega Lottery Promos Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies with the support of some financial institution. The Global Mega Lottery  internet draw in each quarter of the year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.
  
Thanks for your Co-operation in anticipation  This email is confidential. It may also be privileged or otherwise protected by other legal rules. If you  are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately on the telephone number given below and delete the message from all locations on your computer. You should not copy this email or use it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any other person: to do so may be unlawful.
  

Copyright © 1994-2006 The Global Mega Lottery Inc. 
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

 

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