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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:
  • "million united states 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.
  • +27835990008 (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.
  • claim_manager2010@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lotto winning <lotto2006winning@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:09:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!!!



FROM :Mrs.Caroline Owen,

UNIVERSAL BUILDING: 132-133 PARKHURST,
BALFOUR JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
Ticket Number:7017-4162-1018
Serial :MH4710019
Winning Number:80,35,11,72,90,41
Bonus Number: 1
Insurance Number: KISCS433/2010SNLP/2006

Atten: CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:

We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid Mega lottery Award International programs held in Zurich, Switzerland. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: (7017-4162-1018) with ! Serial number (MH4710019)Drew the winning NO: (80, 35, 11, 72, 90, 41 and Bonus number 1 ), and Insurance number (KISCS433/2010SNLP/2006) which subsequently won you the lottery award in the 2nd category.

Your name have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file Number (KPC/9030108308/03). This is from a total cash prize of (US$20,000,000.00) shared among the first 20 lucky winners in this category world-wide. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in South Africa as indicate in the play coupon.

In view of this, your (US$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) would be released to you by the Standard bank of South Africa immediately you contact our South Africa Claim Manager Mr.DOUGLAS OKALAKWU, he will 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 draw system and extracted from over (200,000,00) companies and individual emails address. The lottery programe took place to promote south africa (2010 world cup award).and was sponsored by MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are 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)

NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR TICKET NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBERS AND YOUR BONUS NUMBER IN ALL CORRESPONDENCES WITH YOUR CLAIMS MANAGER. DO NOT REPLY ANY OTHER MAILS LIKE THIS ON NET, AS THEY ARE A LOT OF SCAM ARTIST OUT THERE PRETENDING TO BE US. YOU MAY SEE MAILS LIKE THIS DO NOT REPLY TO THEM.

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the The Claim Manager with your personal information for quite and urgent release of your Winning Fund,

NAME:......................................
ADDRESS:................................
NATIONALITY:...........................
SEX:MALE................................
DATE OF BIRTH:......................................
PHONE/MOBILE:...................
FAX:......................................
OCCUPATION:.....................
COMPANY:...............................
BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER

Please contact our claim Manager on the Following Information:

Name :MR.DOUGLAS OKALAKWU.
Mobile: +27-83-599-0008
Email:claim_manager2010@yahoo.co.in

Please be informed that all winning Prize must be claimed on or before 30 days of this notification. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference /batch numbers in any correspondences with your claim Manager.

CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 MEGA LOTTERY PROGRAMME TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART HAVE THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO BILL GATE OF MICROSOFT AND ALL HIS ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUNDS THE WORLD.

signed: President Nelson Mandela (chairman)
Molefi OLIPHANT (President)
Chief Operations Officer
Albert MOKOENA
Chief Executive Officer
Danny JORDAAN.

Thank you for your co-operation

SINCERELY,

MRS. CAROLINE OWEN
( CO-ORDINATOR )
South African Worldcup Lottery organization.



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