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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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 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.
  • paulkurger5@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: nimrod nkosi <nimrodnkosi101@web.de>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:59:20 +0100
Subject: <kein Betreff>


FROM: MR NIMROD NKOSI.
THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PRIZE RELEASE CENTRE WINNING

ANNOUNCED TODAY 21/11/2006
REF: 475061725
BATCH: 7056490902/188
WINNING NO: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS

ATTENTION: WINNER,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release
on the NOV 2006 from the Australian International
Lottery program. Your name was attached to ticket
number; 47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
03-10-17-26-28-41 bonus number 39, which consequently
won the lottery in the second category. You hereby
have been approved a lump sum pay of US$ 750,000.00 (SEVEN
HUNHRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit
file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of
US12,000,000.00 shared amongst sixteen lucky winners
in this category.

All participants 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.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of some multinational companies as part
of their social responsibility to the citizens in the
communities where they have operational base. Further
more your name falls within our African representative
office in Johannesburg South Africa. as indicated in
your play coupon and your prize of US$750,000.00 will
be released to you from this regional branch office in
Johannesburg.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate
in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw. How to claim your prize Simply
contact our fiduciary agent, Mr.Paul Kurger
(paulkurger5@yahoo.com [mailto:paulkurger5@yahoo.com]) to file for your claim.

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 double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by
non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all
winnings MUST be claimed before 30/12/2006 otherwise
all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually
donated to charity. Congratulations once again on your
winnings!!!

Kind Regards
MR NIMROD NKOSIPROMOTIONS MANAGER


PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
MR.PAUL KURGER
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY
UINVERSAL BUILDING, 132,133 PARK HURST
BALFOUR UNIT 1440. JOHANNESBURG. 2001
GAUTENG

GLOBAL MEGA CROSSING.
TEL: 27 83-955-6691

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.



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