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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • +27768068220 (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.
  • consultant_impexagents@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • c-za2010a@jmail.co.za
  • jennifer_crome@lottos.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "C Za2010" <c-za2010i@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: consultant_impexagents@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:30:31 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! (Contant your Agents for Claim)

  

   FREELOTTO.COM-FIFIA  2010 ONLINE LOTTERY 

                   AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME     

 2010 WORLD CUP PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME.
RELEASE OFFICE:

 31, BRITON COURT ,
KEMPTON PARK, JHB.

 

YOUR WINNING DETAILS:

TICKET NUMBER: 74454774
SERIAL NUMBER: 144-66584
BATCH NUMBER: BT-4478474121P

DRAWS NUMBERS: 6, 7, 11, 21, 26, 37, 44.

 

                                      AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:

 

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited results of the South African 2010 World cup Bid award INTERNANTIONAL FREE ONLINE LOTTERY PROMOTION held in Zurich, Switzerland on the 12th AUGUST 2006 in appreciation to the world forawarding South Africa the Opportunity to host the Prestigious World soccer tornament. You were entered as dependent client with: Reference SERIAL NUMBER: 144-66584 and Batch number BT-4478474121P.

 

Your email address attached to the ticket number: 74454774 that drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the sweepstake in the first category, in four parts. You have been approved for a payment of   US$850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty United States Dollars) in cash credited to file reference number: IPL/4249859609/WP1. This is from a total cash prize of US ($8,500,000.00) shared among the first 10 lucky winners in this category world-wide. 

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from (100, 000, 00) companies and individual emails address, as part of our international promotion program.

 

Due to mix up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims have been processed and your funds remitted to you. This is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or impersonators, You are therefore directed to contact your South Africa Claim Agent where your winning falls immediately on receipt of this massage for quickened and urgent release of your wining Prize. Their contact information is as follows:

 

NAMES: MR. Johan Dim & Rev. Elitah N. Gamede

TEL: +27-76 806 8220
EMAIL: consultant_impexagents@yahoo.com  or c-za2010a@jmail.co.za

For any enquiries during the course of claim email: jennifer_crome@lottos.com.au

They are your Agents, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings to you. Remember, your winning must be claimed not later than (1 MONTH) from the date of acknowledgement receipt. Failure to claim your prize will result to cancellation and prize will be added to the next year’s 10 Million Dollars lottery promotion.

 

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

 

Congratulations Once again! 

 

Ms.  Jennifer Crome.

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