419 scam: morgan bareel <morgan_bareel_claim_agent222@yahoo.com> CONGRATULATON ONCE AGAIN.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

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!

Fraud email example:

From: morgan bareel <morgan_bareel_claim_agent222@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 03:28:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONGRATULATON ONCE AGAIN.

VERIFICATION FORM

Programs and Events Department
The - Frontline Group
The South Africa National Lottery,
34 FOURWAYS ROAD, JOHANNESBURG,SOUTHAFRICA.

Dear Winner,

Congratulations once again from all the staff here.In order to verify your winnings, we need your particulars for record purposes.Attached here is a copy of our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings
Once again congratulations from all the staff.

1.FULLNAME: ___________________________________________
2.DATE OF BIRTH: _______________________________________
3.SEX:__________________________________________________
4.MARITAL STATUS: _____________________________________
5.CONTACT ADDRESS: ___________________________________
6.COUNTRY: ____________________________________________
7.TELEPHONE NUMBER: __________________________________
8.OCCUPATION: _________________________________________
9. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL: __________________________
10.WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:____________________________
11.WINNING NUMBER: ___________________________________
12.BANK ACCOUNT:______________________________________
13.BANK ADDRESS:_______________________________________

Upon reciept of the duly requested data, i`ll send you the contact information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit.

Warm Regards,

Mr.Morgan.Bareel,
Cliam.Agent.

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