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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 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.
  • lottoboardcanada@canada.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • southafricanlotteryagent@canada.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Susan Davies" <lottoboardcanada@canada.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:15:45 +0200
Subject: From: Mrs. Susan Davies


From: Mrs. Susan Davies
Canada Lottery-Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw
1550 Princess Street
Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3
Email: lottoboardcanada@canada.com

Attention: Customer AFRSA680
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/05
Batch No. Lotto 6/49
WINNING NOTIFICATION

The Canadian Government sponsors this lottery for the
promotion of the 2010 Soccer World cup to be hosted in South
Africa. We happily announce to you the draw of the
Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lottery International Programs
held on the Wed. Aug. 16th 2006 in Essex United Kingdom and
Ontario Canada. Your e-mail address
attached to Ticket Number: B9564 75604545 100, with Serial
Number 46563760 drew the winning numbers 3/4/8/25/41/48/
with a bonus Number 22, for LOTTO 6/49 under the choice of
the lottery in the 2nd
category of daily three.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United
States Dollars) in cash credited to file EAAL/9080118308/05.
This is from a total cash prize of US $11,100,000.00 Million
dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred and-thirty
(130) lucky winners in this category Worldwide.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in
your play coupon, because this particular draw was selected
to promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted in South Africa
hence your winning information must be kept to enable you
participate in our
subsequent draws which will see 500 participants traveling
on an all expense paid trip to South Africa for the Soccer
World Cup 2010.
In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and
Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to
you by an accredited commercial Bank in South Africa. Our
African agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact
our African Agent's office.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web
site through computer draws system and extracted from over
10,000,00 companies and personal e-mails. 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.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
unscrupulous elements. Please be warned! To file for your
claim, please contact our corresponding Agent in South
Africa immediately you read this message for quick and
urgent release of your
fund, contact information is as follow:
Email: southafricanlotteryagent@canada.com
Phone+ 27735739752
To avoid unnecessary delays and Complications, please quote
your reference numbers in any correspondences with our
designated agents.
Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of
this program that has ensured that you won this competition.
Thank you for being part of our Promotional Lottery program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Susan Davies.
NOTE: To confirm that you have the winning number for the
Wed. Aug. 16th 2006 draw, visit:
http://www.canada.com/lotteries, confirm under Lotto 6/49.

Anti-fraud resources:

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