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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "universal crossing sa"
• 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.
  • +27731645667 (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.
  • @hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "po ker" <poker_-27@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:41:58 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION FOR YOUR PRIZE WON

6th NOVEMBER 2006
YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THE
COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL DRAW

THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AND
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

POKER ONLINE PROMOTIONS YOU HAVE WON ON THE COMPUTER BALLOT,
THE SUM OF US$2,780.000.00

PLEASE CONTACT
(MR. JAMES NKOSI)
YOUR CLAIMS DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
ON PHONE +27-73-164-5667
Email: claimdepartment1@hotmail.com

PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made today 23th October 2006, of winners of the POKER ONLINE PROMOTIONS, as part of our promotional draws HELD ON 1ST OF OCTOBER 2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000.00 email addresses of Individuals and Companies from all part of the world as part of our Electronic Business Promotions Program.

Note that your email address qualified for the draw, as a result of your visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for. You/Your Company email address, attached to Ticket Number 242 67 33 38 7 43 51, with serial number 7777/06 drew the Lucky Numbers 4-43-33-38-21 POP 21 and Bonus number 3 and consequently YOU HAVE won in the Second Category.

REFERENCE NUMBER:         ZAR/POP-677152/ZA2006
BATCH NUMBER:             ZAR/002831323/M222-23

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,780,000.00 (Two Million Seven Hundred and Eighty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file POP/2040211345/2006. This is from a total cash  prize of US$15,200,000.00 Fifteen Million Dollars Two Hundred), shared amongst the first One Hundred and  Twenty (120) Lucky Winners in Second category.
CONGRATULATIONS!

To begin your claim, urgently contact your claim Department through the below Information:

MR. JAMES NKOSI
POKER ONLINE PROMOTIONS
TEL: +27-73-164-5667
E-MAIL: claimdepartment1@hotmail.com

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers and other information provided above and below in every one of your
correspondences with your Claims Department.

POKER ONLINE PROMOTIONS IS A BONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE 2010 SOCCER WORLD THAT WILL BE HOST BY SOUTH AFRICA. Congratulations'' once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Yours Truly,
Mrs. Rachael T. Siyabonga
Promotions Manager
Poker Online Promotions
672 Poker House
Eastern Cape
South Africa.

UNIVERSAL CROSSING SA
GOES INTERNATIONAL
AS THE 2010 WORLD CUP
WILL BE HOSTED BYSOUTH AFRICA.
THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSORED BY:
SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY. AND SUPPORTED BY:
(Federation Internationale de Football Association) FIFA SUPPORT

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