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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • +27826709094 (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.
  • m_dagog@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: paulin_d1@sify.com
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:51:26 -0800
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR PAYMENT


FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
MRS. PAULINE DEWART
EUROAFRICA/S.A. UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
BID SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY
AWARD DEPARTMENT.BERLIN /SOUTH AFRICA
(Customer Services)

COMPUTER DRAW NUMBER: 177
EMAIL CODE NUMBER: TTYEEWSSE2211775643000
FINAL JACPOT NUMBER: 0001
SERIAL NUMBER: 2010 / ILGC / LOC / ZA
WINNING INSURANCE POLICY NUMBER: JJA23ZA
INSURANCE COMPANY: OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE SA
AMOUNT WON: US$ 850,000.00


WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World Cup Bid Lottery Award International programs held in Germany Berlin your "email address" was attached to draw numbers above

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of $850. 000.00 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand Dollars) file Ref: FER/8309/1209/26 from the total cash prize of 18,000,000.00 shared amongst lucky winners based on their category.

All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by S/A multinational companies and some other EU governmental personality's part of their social responsibility to promote South African 2010 world cup award. To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agent immediately with this information:

Please you are advised to file for your claim immediately through our bank in South Africa, RESERVE BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA, contact person DR. Mike Dagogo, for the claim of your prize. Call him on the phone immediately you received this message because you stand a risk of loosing the prize if you fail to claim within a month from the day you received this notification.

Contact details are as follows...
RESERVE BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
(OFFICER).
DR. MIKE DAGOGO
Email: m_dagog@excite.com
TEL: +27-82 670 9094

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the


Public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Best Regards
MRS. PAULINE DEWART
Co-coordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam