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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.
  • +27849955415 (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.
  • gwenshapiro01@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • claimoffice2010worldcup2@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Gwen Shapiro" <gwen_soccerworld8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: gwen587@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:20:32 +0000
Subject: Canada Lottery-Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw




From: Ms. Gwen Shapiro
Canada Lottery-Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw
1550 Princess Street Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3
Email: gwenshapiro01@hotmail.com
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/05
Batch No. Lotto 6/49

WINNING NOTIFICATION

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 Programs
held on Wed Aug 16 2006 in Essex United Kingdom and Ontario Canada. Your
e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: B9564 75604545 100, with Serial
Number 46563760 drew the winning numbers 3/ 4/ 8 /25/ 41 /48 with a bonus
Number 22 , 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 US$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 are
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit.

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 our corresponding Agent in
South Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release
of your fund, contact information is as follow:
Mr.William Smith
Phone+ 27 84 9955 415
email:claimoffice2010worldcup2@yahoo.co.in
to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications, please fill and return the
attached payment verification form and return it back to him today by email
attachment for immediate processing and remittance of your prize money. Note
that the maximum allowable period by law to return your filled payment
verification form is 72hours;failure to do so will result in your payment
being delayed or cancelled.Remember to quote your reference numbers in any
correspondences with our designated agents.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Full names: ................................
Age: ......................................
Sex: ......................................
Residential address: ......................
Nationality: ..............................
Occupation: ...............................
Post held: ................................
Tel(s): ...................................
Fax: ......................................
Company name: .............................
Reference Number: ........................
Winning numbers : ...........................
Batch Number :................................
Serial Numbers :................................
Ticket Number :.................................
Congratulations! Thank you for being part of our Promotional Lottery
program.
Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Gwen Shapiro
NOTE: To confirm that you have the winning number for the Wed Aug

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