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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • fred_sibusiso2010@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "drexler norbert" <drexler888@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:14:15 +0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAS WON

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP BID LOTTERY AWARD.

REFERENCE NUMBER: B9665 75604546 199
BATCH NUMBER: 60/84/27/17/36


Dear Sir/Madam,

After a successful completion of the third category draws of SOUTH AFRICA
2010 WORLD CUP BID LOTTERY AWARD held in Zurich, Switzerland. We are pleased
to inform you of the official announcement on 25th NOV, that you have emerge
one of the winners of the SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP BID LOTTERY AWARD,
which is part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 35,000names/email addresses of individuals
and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle
East, and New Zealand as part of our International Promotions Program.
You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 777-78-1105, with serial number
234-90 drew the lucky numbers 8, 12, 31, 52, 38, 40, (9), and consequently
won in the Third Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay
out of US$820, 000, 00 in cash, which is the winning payout for third
category winners. This is from the total prize money from which fourteen
international winners in the Third category will be shared.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with ABSA FINANCE AND SECURITIES LTD., insured in
your name. To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that
you keep this award strictly confidential from public notice until the
entire process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your
certified bankers Check sent to you. This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program. We also wish to bring to your notice our New Year (2006) high
stakes where you stand a chance of winning up to US$2.0 Million; we hope
that with a part of your prize you will participate. Please contact your
claims agent immediately, to begin your claims process;

MR.FRED SIBUSISO.
SENIOR CLAIMS EXECUTIVE
ABSA FINANCE AND SECURITIES LTD.
PHONE: 011 27 731 801 610
EMAIL:fred_sibusiso2010@hotmail.co.uk

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims agent with in
a week of receiving this mail. NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers
provided below in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: B9665 75604546 199 BATCH NUMBER: 60/84/27/17/36.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

President Nelson Mandela (chairman.)

Molefi OLIPHANT (President)

Chief Operations Officer

Albert MOKO

Chief Executive Officer

Danny JORDAAN.
Sincerely,

MRS DEBRA NKOSI.
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP BID LOTTERY AWARD,
31, Broxton Court Carlton
JOHANNESBURG.2167
SOUTH AFRICA.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do reply to this mail. Contact your claims agent
whose credentials are listed above. All staff of SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP
BID LOTTERY AWARD, ABSA FINANCE AND SECURITIES LTD and members of their
family as well as South Africans of all ages is barred from this lottery.

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