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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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.
  • +27744171696 (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.
  • omegaclaimagent@aim.com
  • omegaclaims20@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: omegacrossin_za@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:41:47 +0200
Subject: Congratulations You Have Won Claim Your Lucky Winning Prize/Contact Your Claims Agent Now!!!

FROM:
THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT

ATTN: SIR/MADAM,

FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you of the
announcement today, 12/07/2007, of winners
of the OMEGA CROSSING LOTTO SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, held
on 03/01/2007 as part of our promotional draws.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and
companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle
East, and New Zealand as part of our electronic
business Promotions Program.

You qualified for the draw as a result of your visiting various
websites we are running the e-business promotions for.
You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial
number 513-10, drew the lucky numbers
9, 6, 12, 29, 30, 45, 66, and consequently won in the Second Category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum pay out of US$2.5,000,000 in cash, which is the winning payout for
Second category winners.

This is from the total prize money of US$17,000,000, shared among the
Seven international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS! Your Chuque is now with the (COURIER COMPANY) insured
in your name, Due to the mix up of some numbers
and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice
until your claim has been Deliver to you in your
Conutry/your Home.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulours acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our mid year
(2007) high stakes US$1.3 billion International
Lottery.

To claim your winning prize, please contact your claim agent
immediately;

NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:...............................
NATIONALITY:...........................
SEX:...................................
AGE:...................................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:............................
COMPANY:...............................
BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:............................................

CONTACT CLAIM OFFICE MR. JEROM OWELL
TEL:+27-744171696.
TEL:+72 011 76 45323(LANDLINE)(EXT 235)
EMAIL: omegaclaimagent@aim.com
EMAIL:omegaclaims20@yahoo.com
WEBSITE: www.omgsanationaloto.8m.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.

Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than
23/01/2007, after this date, all funds will be returned
as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers
provided below in every one of your correspondences with your claims
agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825P-4
BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
Address: # 25 RICHARDS RYLAAN,
AUCKLAND PARK, 0083
P.O. Box 524,
AUCKLANDPARK
JOHANNESBURG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA
MILLIONARE/OMEGA CROSSING. N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the
part of the winners will result to qualification.
Please do not reply to this mail box. Contact your claims agent
through his email contact above.

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