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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:
  • "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 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.
  • mark-thambo@winning.com
  • 2010cup@africamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Alex Zuma <winners2010@sify.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:15:34 +0400
Subject: Congratulations! you have won


THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSORED BY: VODAPHONE/SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY. AND SUPPORTED BY :( SOUTH AFRICA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION IN VIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA FIFA 2010 WORLD CUP)

South African 2010 World cup lottery online 2006 Lottery CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:

We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award International programs held in PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: (B9665 75604546 199) with! Serial number (97560) Drew the winning NO: (6/8/27/10/19/30/42), and Insurance number (KISCS433/2010SNLP/2006) which subsequently won you the lottery award in the 2nd category.

Your e-mail address has therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,000,000.00 (Two million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file Number (KPC/9030108308/03). This is from a total cash prize of US ($400,000,000.00) shared among the first 200 Hundred and lucky winners in this category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in South Africa as indicate in the play coupon. In view of this, your ($2,000,000.00) (Two Million United States Dollars) would be released to you by our paying agent (UNIVERSAL TRUST UNION).

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web-site through computer draw system and extracted from over (100, 000, 00) companies and individual emails address. The lottery program took place to promote South Africa (2010 world cup award).

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements (Please be warned).

CONGRATULATIONS! For security reasons and accurate payout of the winning prize, be informed that your winning prize of US$2,000, 000.00 is deposited with our finance firm (UNIVERSAL TRUST UNION SOUTH AFRICA) with your email address, which won you this prize. I will advise you to please forward your claim of the prize directly to UTU SA. Please keep the details in this mail strictly to yourself until your claim has been processed to avoid someone else claiming your prize. To start processing your claim, please contact UTU SA immediately with this reference Batch Number: (13/26/DC36.) Comrade Mark Thambo (CLAIM MANAGER) UTU SOUTH AFRICA P.O.BOX 10452 JOHANNESBURG 2001 SOUTH AFRICA E-MAIL (mark-thambo@winning.com)


Sincerely,
Alex Zuma
Promotion Department SAFA Johannesburg, South Africa. ( 2010cup@africamail.com )

NB: Prizes won must be claimed not later than 8 weeks from the day of receipt of this notice. Prize not claim will be returned as unclaimed. Do not reply to this message you are under the age of 18 as you are not qualify for this promotion; contact Universal Trust Union SA to claim your prize. THIS LOTTERY PROGRAM IS A BONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOUTH AFRICA FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 Congratulations.

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