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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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.
  • +27842190787 (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.
  • jonahsam@workmail.co.za
  • elisabethbradley@workmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Game Consulting" <anglogoldconsulting115@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:23:19 +0000
Subject: FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

ANGLO GOLD ASHANTI LOTTERY GAME CONSULTING
11 DIAGONAL STREET, JOHANNESBURG, 2001
SOUTH AFRICA



WINNING NOTIFICATION OF ANGLOGOLD 2010 LOTTERY DRAW


Attention Sir/Madam,


We are pleased to inform you the announcement today of the winnings of
ANGLOGOLD Lottery Game Consulting in conjunction with the Local Organization
Committee (LOC) of the 2010 World Cup, international lottery program, held
on Saturday 11th of November 2006.You or your companies Email, attached to
ticket number 53i-721B draw the lucky numbers 8-14-25-40-43-48-33, and
consequently won the lottery in the second international category.

You have been approval for a lump sum payout of US$920,000.00 (Nine Hundred
and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file with Ref
No: ILS/8033113427/04 and Batch No: 44/4107F82/12. This is from total prize
money of US$7,360,000.00MD shared among 8 winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from
over 165,000 companies and individuals Emails from Australia, New Zealand,
Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Asia as part of our 2010
SOCCER WORLD CUP, international promotion program for the year, to create
awareness for the world, as South Africa is finalizing their preparation for
the hosting of the 2010 World Cup.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with our finance firm here in Pretoria South
Africa, insured in your name awaiting collection by wire transfer. Due to
mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly
private and from public until your claim have been fully processed and your
total prize money remitted to your nominated bank account of your choice.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. For immediate collection
of your prize money, please contact directly our nominated payment
coordinator in South Africa.

MR.SAM JONAH
PAYMENT CO-ORDINATOR
Tel: +27-84-219-0787
Email: jonahsam@workmail.co.za

All prize money must be claim within two weeks on the receipt of this
winning notification. After this date all unclaimed fund/winnings will be
returned back to the treasury as invalid. All correspondence to SAM JONAH
should have this email sent along with your contact telephone number,
Address, country of residence and your Email address. Furthermore, should
there be any change of your address, do inform our payment coordinator as
soon as possible.

Congratulation! 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. ELISABETH BRADLEY
PROMOTION MANAGER
11 DIAGONAL STREET, JOHANNESBURG,
2001 SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: +27-84-671-9910
Email: elisabethbradley@workmail.co.za

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