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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (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.
  • afroclearinghouse06@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "worldlottery lottery" <wwcompetition76@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:54:58 +0000
Subject: Congratulation!

                           

             

                           MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD

 

FROM: THE  MANAGER INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WITH FIFA WORLDCUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD LOTTERY

 

677 MUTUAL PARK JAN SMUTS DRIVE, JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.

REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937

BATCH NO: 2006AUGTL#76110B

 

YOU ARE WINNER NO: 20

 

RE: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

 

ATTENTION: OUR HONORABLE WINNER,

 

MICROSOFT CORPORATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FIFA WORLDCUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORLD LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN SOUTH AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR'S MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY WINNING PROGRAM HELD ON THE 10TH NOVEMBER  2006 AT THE NELSON MANDELA SQUARE-SANDTON-JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

 

YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO OUR DRAW WITH SERIAL NUMBER S/N-00168 AND IT DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 87-43-25-22-10-3, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE SECOND CATEGORY OF THE DRAW. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUM OF $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR) ONLY PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF. NO: MSW-L/200-26937. THIS IS FROM THE TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $125,000,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS SHARED AMONG ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE (125) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY RESPECTIVELY.

 

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM TEN MILLION CONSTANT E-MAIL USERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WITH EACH CONTINENT IN PARTICIPATION, AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM" WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MICROSOFT USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE SOUTH AFRICA FIFA WORLDCUP BID 2010. 

 

YOUR FUND HAS BEEN INSURED WITH ONE OF OUR SPONSORS-OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE  AND WILL BE PAID TO YOU BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER (TT) THROUGH OUR AFRICA CLAIM AGENT  (DETAILS BELOW).

 

NOTE: THAT YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIM OFFICER FOR REFFERENCE PURPOSE, THROUGH THE CONTACT DETAILS CONTAINED HEREIN. QUOTE YOUR WINING NUMBERS AND NO. 19. AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL, QUOTE ALSO THIS SECURITY CODE: MSW/AUG/XX06 TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT TO AVOID MISAPPROPRIATION OR SCAM.

 

 

CLAIM AGENT: MR. ROD BRENDAN

TEL: 27-78-1715163, 27-78-1715164, 27-78-1715165

FAX: 27-78-1715166.

E-MAIL: afroclearinghouse06@yahoo.com

 

  

REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE 21DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE OR FORFEITED TO CHARITY ORGANIZATION IN AFRICA.

 

CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MICROSOFT CORPORATION/ THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FIFA WORLDCUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR.

 

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM.

SINCERELY,

                                

                                 

MRS. NEILLY NELSON                MRS. CARO SMITH

(Co-coordinator).                                  (Secretary)

 

                              

 

OUR SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;

      MICROSOFT, FIFA, EMIRATES AIRLINES, SOUTH AFRICAN AIRLINES, OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE, CHELSEA FC, BENITA GROUP, LUCIN GROUP, JULIUS BERGER, SAMSUNG ETC...

 

SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO:

 

MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK,             MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA,

MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA,           MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA.

 

Past winners in jubilation:

 

 

Endeavour to email your claim agent with the required datas below :

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________

2.COUNTRY:_____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________

5.OCCUPATION:___________________

6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

7.BATCH NUMBER:____________________

8. WINNER NUMBER:______________

9.REF NUMBER:___________________________________

10. AMOUNT WON:___________________________________________

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