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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.
• 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.
  • +27846805151 (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.
  • agentafriqpaul@primposta.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: southernlottocentre@primposta.com
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:29:22 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS, YOU WON!!

SOUTHERN PRIME PROMOTIONS
NEW GATE 21B
GAUTENG PROVINCE
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REFERENCE NUMBER: EGS/2551256003/03
BATCH NUMBER: 14/0017/IPD

WINNING NOTIFICATION

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

Be informed that you have emerged a winner of our Lottery
International Program that was drawn three days from the day of this
notice. Attached to ticket number 7768880012, with serial Number 2113-
05 matched the winning numbers 7, 23,31,37,45 BONUS NO: 19, and
consequently won our Stakes
International lottery in the 2ND category.

Approved is a lump sum of One Million One Hundred and Five Thousand
United States Dollars ($1,105,000.00) in cash prize accredited to file
NO. JSL/2554259003/07 which, should be released to you. This is from
the total prize money of ($10,500,000) shared among the fifteen
International winners in deferent categories.

Participants were selected through a referral program and winners were
picked by a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from
Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe, Africa and North
America as part of our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money released to you. To begin your claim, please contact
the claims department: Mr. Paul Albert (Claims Manager) Phone: +27 84-
680-5151 Email: agentafriqpaul@primposta.com, NB: Prizes must be
claimed not later than 6 weeks that you receive this notification from
us. After these stipulated days, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed prizes and will channeled for charity or our next draw.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your winning reference batch numbers in every one of
your correspondences with the claims officer.

Congratulations and thank you for being part of our International
promotions program.

Best regards,
Mrs. Grace Adams
(SOUTHERN PRIME PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR)

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