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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.
  • +27733881969 (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.
  • dr.ryanevis2@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "euro-afro-america- america" <euro-afro-america-52@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:49:47 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

EURO-AFRO-AMERICA-SWEEPSTAKELOTTERY  UNITED KINGDOM

Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom

            CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

Congratulations:

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American  Sweepstake  Lottery International programs held on the 12th December 2005 in Essex  United Kingdom.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545  188 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 01/10/11/18/19/46, which  subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

 

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,200,000.00  (Two Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash  credited  to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US$11 Million dollars, shared amongst the first ten lucky winners in this category world-wide.

 

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro  booklet  representative office in  South Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your  US$2,200,000.00 would be released  to you by First National Bank of South Africa ( FNB).

 

Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate  the  release of your funds as  soon as you contact him. All participants were selected randomly from  World  Wide Web site through  computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies.

 

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are  advised to keep your winning  information confidential till your claims is processed and your money  remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

 

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and  unwarranted abuse of this program by some 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 : Dr. Ryan Evis   Email to dr.ryanevis2@yahoo.co.in

PHONE:+27-73-388-1969

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 31 Janth . 2007. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your  reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated  agents or  us.

 

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program  that  has successfully won this  competition. Thank you for being part of our promotional  lottery program.

 

MRS JESSICA  MOYO  

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