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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.
  • mastermml_za@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MASTER MEGA ORGANIZATION" <mastermml_za@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:21:03 +0200
Subject: SPECIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.

ROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT.
Ref: 474061725/04
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS.
Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize released on the 11th of
September 2006 from the South African International Lottery program.Your
name "email address" was attached to ticket number; 47061725 07056490902
serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
2-9-22-23-24-30 bonus number 5, which consequently won the lottery in the
Division Three. You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of
US$400,000.00.{FOUR HENDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:
ILP/HW 474061725/04 from the total cash prize of US3,200,000.00 shared
amongst Eight {8} lucky winners, based on their category.All participants
"email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form
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 some multinational companies as
part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where
they have operational base. Further more your "email address" falls within
our South African representative office in Johannesburg South Africa As
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$400,000.00.{ will be
released to you from this regional branch office in South Africa. We hope
with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes
for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

Please do contact:
DR.NELSEN ROBERTS.
Phone: + 27-735586919
mastermml_za@hotmail.com
NATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATION.
Mutual park Jan Smuts Drive
Pinelands, Gauteng. 7405.

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on
the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names and
address to help locate your file easily. 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.

Note, all winnings must be claimed before 30 days other wise YOUR PRIZE will
be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!

Best Regards
MRS. NANCY WHANG
(Co-ordinator}

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