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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:

• 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.
  • +27835257967 (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.
  • w_4@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNATIONAL LOTTO" <wines20@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:05:24 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!....

WINES INTERNATIONAL LOTTO,
034 FOURWAYS ROAD, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
CONGRATULATIONS!....

FROM: PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: ZAR/900111/2004
BATCH: 08/11810/ZIE

ATTENTION: DEAR WINNER,

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on 2th NOV 2006 to declare
the winners of the WINES LOTTO/ INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS. Your email
address, attached to ticket number 900-4675-04854-197, with serial number
412-01drew the lucky numbers 2 9 32 65 72 19 10, and consequently won the
lottery.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of AR15,000,000.00
in cash credited Equivalent of US$1,000,000.00 to you in your file REF NO:
ZAR/900111/2004. This is from total prize money of ZAR120,000,000.00 shared
among the Seventeen International Winners in this category. All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 email
addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and Middle East and
Asia as part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted
monthly.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
email address, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice
until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this promotion.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes ZAR100,000,000 Million International Lottery. To begin your
claim, please contact our claim manager;

CLAIMS MANAGER,
Mr. LARRY WILLIAMS
WINES INTERNATIONAL LOTTO,
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
Tel:+27-83-525-7967
EMAIL:larry _w_4@yahoo.co.uk

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than Two Weeks after notice. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with our manager. Furthermore, should there be any change
of your address, do inform your claims manager as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.

Sincerely,

PETER LEON
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
WINES INTERNATIONAL LOTTO SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY

N.B

Please do not reply with this email box contact your claim manager with the
above contact informations.

Please fill the form below and send it to the claims manager immediately.

NAME...............................................
REF NO: ...........................................
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:................................. AGE...................................
OCCUPATION.............................
TEL.......................FAX................. (If any)
COUNTRY................................
E-MAIL..................................

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