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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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.
  • +27762692944 (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.
  • tonydubeclaimsdept@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: fifa2010draw@UnionPlus.net
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:18:36 +0200
Subject: **NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WINNING**



GLOBAL MEGA/SKYMINT LOTTERY CROSSING SOUTH AFRICA GOES INTERNATIONAL AS
THE 2010 WORLD CUP WILL BE HOSTED BY SOUTH AFRICA.
THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSORED BY: SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY AND SUPPORTED
BY: (Fédration Internationale de Football Association) FIFA SUPPORT

Foreign Service Manager,
Universal Building,132-133
Park Hurst, Balfour-Unit 1440
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001
South Africa.

Dear Winner,

SOUTH AFRICA LOTTERIES NOTIFICATION DESK
We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the SA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on 27TH July 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to Reference number: 56475600545 188 with Batch number
5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: (13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus # (9).Which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e May. 31st plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,400,000.00 (One million
four 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 four (5)
lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide
Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes
place biannually.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European/African booklet
representative office in South Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your £1,400,000.00 (One million four 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
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.

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

(a) YOUR FULL NAMES,
(b) YOUR PHYSICAL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
(c) YOUR AGE,
(d) OCCUPATION
(e) TELEPHONE NUMBERS
(f) NATIONALITY.

NAME: MR.TONY DUBE (Your claim agent)
E MAIL: tonydubeclaimsdept@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: # +27-76-269-2944.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch
numbers to any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process, failing which
would lead to disqualification and winnings forfeited. 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 more from all members and staffs of this program.

Yours sincerely,




Mrs. Mary Nkosi
Foreign Service Manager.

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.


THANKS:
MANAGEMENT, LOTTO SA.

Past winners round the world with full excitment

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