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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +27834898083 (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.
  • williamdamborri@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Global Mega Lottery Promotion" <glomeglotpro20za@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:08:37 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS/ WINNING NOTIFICATION.

FROM THE DESK OF THE FOREIGN MANAGER,
GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY PROMOTION SOUTH
AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY AWARD.
LOTTERY HEADQUARTER, 132-133 PARKHURST
BALFOUR UNIT 1440 JOHANNESBURG
GAUTENG 2001, SOUTH AFRICA.


GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY PROMOTION ON INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAM


Attention: Sir/Madam,

The Global Mega Lottery Promotion team is pleased to inform you of the
results of the Winners in our monthly South African 2010 World cup
International Lottery Promotional Award.

Your e-mail address attached to Reference number FLS-ZR39-825P-4 Batch
number 74-363-BNN Ticket number100-309-7482, Serial number 513-10, with Drew
lucky number 2,9,22,23,24,31 which consequently won in the second category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$820,000.00
(EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in cash credited
to file reference number: FLS-ZR39-825P-4 This is from a total cash prize of
seven million Dollars shared among the nine (9) international winners in
second categories.

All participants were selected through our computer ballot system drawn from
50,000 (Fifty thousand) names of email users around the world, as part of
our international promotion program, which your e-mail address was among
selected in the draw.

This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies in South Africa as part of their social
responsibility to support the Government in promoting the 2010 world cup.

Due to mixed up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award
personal, till your claims has 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 claim agent immediately on
receipt of this massage for quickened and urgent release of your wining
fund. His contact information is as follows: -

Mr. William Damborri
Zonal Co-ordinator
Mega Lottery SA.
Telephone: + 27 83 489 8083
E-mail: williamdamborri@yahoo.co.uk
Office: 23 Wellington road, Park town Johannesburg
South Africa.

He is your accredited agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer
of your winnings to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS Z-90237-Y67/U4 (keep
personal) Remember, your winning must be claimed not later than (1 MONTH)
From the date of acknowledgement receipt. Failure to claim your fund will be
added to the next 10 Million Dollars lottery promotion. Furthermore, should
there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

Note: in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to
quote your reference number FLS-ZR39-825P-4 and batch numbers 74-363-BNN in
all correspondence.
Finally, your private telephone and fax details are highly needed; as the
bank will like to contact you for verification before further proceed with
the transfer. Please contact your accredited claim agent through his contact
details above.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Lylian Kadimo
International Lottery Promotion Manager

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