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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +27735002274 (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.
  • walternkosi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "davis madebe" <davismadebe7@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:51:24 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION HICHAM

                                            

Euro Afro Asian Sweepstakes Lottery Award An Affiliate Of Fundmoney International Arena Complex Km 18 Route de Rufisque I.P.P Award Dept.

Johannesburg, South Africa.

Ref: EAASL/9410Yl/03

Batch:03/o6/MA34

                         WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro - Afro Asian Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 39th-01-2007 in Dakar Senegal.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of? US$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of US $ 10 Million dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

In view of this, your US$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) would be released to you by our Finance/security firm here in South Africa.

Our South Africa 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 draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion
takes place annually.

Your fund is now insured to 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 processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr Walter Nkosi
Foundmoney Int.
Tel:+27-73-500-2274
Email:walternkosi@yahoo.com

 

Provide him with the information below:

1.Name:.....................
2.Address:..................
3.Marital Status:...........
4.Occupation:...............
5.Age:......................
6.Sex:......................
7.Nationality:..............
8.Country Of Residence:.......
9.Telephone Number:...........
10.Fax Number:................
11.Email Address:..............

12.Ticket Number: ...............

13.Serial Number:.................

14.Reference Number:................

15.batch Number:....................

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

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

Sincerely,
Sir Davis Madebe. 
EURO AFRO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator.

 

 

    

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