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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:
  • "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 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.
  • 0fficelotteryagentza@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Global Mega Promotion" <glo_meg_pro34@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:44:23 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS/ WINNING NOTIFICATION.

Global Mega Lottery Promotiom
South African 2010 World Cup
Lottery Award, 132-133 Parkhurst
Balfour Unit 144 Johannesburg
South Africa.

Attention: Sir/Madam

GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY PROMOTION ON INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

The Global Mega Lottery Promotion team is pleased to announce to you 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 number:100-309-7482, Serial number: 513-10, with
Drew lucky number: 2,9,22,23,24,31 which subsequently won you the lottery
in second category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$320,000 (Three
Hundred And Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
number: SA/196/GLO/831/ZZA. This is from a total cash prize of Two million
United States Dollars shared among the nine (9) international winners in
second categories.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from world
wide web sites through our computer ballot draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 names of email users around the world, as part of our
international promotion program, which your e-mail address was among won in
the draw.

This promotion takes place monthly until after South African 2010 world
cup.To claim your winning prize, contact your claim agent immediately by
phone or email for processing and remittance of your prize money to you. His
contact information is as follows: --

Mr. William Damborri
Tel: +27 83 489 8083
E-mail: 0fficelotteryagentza@yahoo.co.uk
Office: 23 Wellington road, Park town Johannesburg
South Africa.

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.

Note: in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to
quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence and also
contact your claim agent as directed.

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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