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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.
• 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.
  • +27764314082 (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.
  • canadianlotteryagent@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Canadian Lottery Board" <canadalob13@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:34:51 +0200
Subject: HAPPY WINNERS! CONGRATULATIONS!

CANADIAN LOTTERY

IN CONJUNCTION WITH

SOUTH AFRICA 2010

WORLDCUP

 

                                                                                

                    

                                                                  

                                   

From: Ms.Patricia Atkins
Canada Lottery-Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw
1550 Princess Street
Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3
Congratulations, you have won Canada Lottery!
Attention: Customer AFRSA680
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/05
Batch No. Lotto 6/49
WINNING NOTIFICATION

DRAW NUMBER: 19 29 33 40 46 48  BONUS NO: 34

The Canadian Government sponsors this lottery for the promotion of the 2010 Soccer World cup to be hosted in South Africa.We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lottery International  Programsheld on 8th feb 2006  in Essex United Kingdom and Ontario Canada. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: B9564 75604545 100, with Serial Number 46563760  for LOTTO 6/49 under the choice of the lottery in the 2nd category of daily three.  You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file EAAL/9080118308/05. This is from a total cash prize of US $11,100,000.00 Million dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred and-thirty (130) lucky winners in this category Worldwide.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet representative office in
Africa as indicated in your play coupon, because this particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted in South Africa hence your winning information must be kept to enable you participate in our subsequent draws which will see 500 participants traveling on an all
expense paid trip to South Africa for the Soccer World Cup 2010. In view of this, your $820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by an accredited commercial Bank in South Africa.

Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact our African Agent's office. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and personal e-mails. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and  unwarranted abuse of this

program by unscrupulous elements. Please be  warned!  To file for your claim, please contact us so that we can direct you to our corresponding Agent in South Africa who will handle your winnings processing for quick and urgent release of your fund. To avoid unnecessary delays and omplications, please quote your reference numbers in any correspondences with our designated us. As part of our security protocol you are to quote this security code MSW/FEB/XX06 to your claiming agent.This is to prevent Scam. Our local agent contact address is here stated below,Do contact him urgently for your claims:

Email Address: canadianlotteryagent@yahoo.ca
Tel: +27 76 431 4082
Name: Mr James Khaiya

Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Patricia Atkins

 

                             

DR Mrs. Rose A. Allen    Mr.Themba Woodroffe        DR. Randall Borman

(Zonal Co-ordinator Sec.)    (Board Member)           (Promotional Manager)  

Signed by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past winners.

 

 

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