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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")
  • "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.
  • +27736666958 (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.
  • jacobmakani@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs.Deborah Jones <jacobmakani@netscape.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:44:46 +0200
Subject: You are a Winner of ZAR 15,000,000.00


YOU ARE TO CONTACT
FIDUCIARY AGENT:Mr.Jacob Makani
OMEGA FINANCE (PTY) SA
16 JORISSEN STREET,JOHANNESBURG SOUTH-AFRICA
Email: jacobmakani@netscape.net
TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR CONFIRMATION:+27 73 66 66 958
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#963) of the SA NATIONAL LOTTERY,online sweepstakes International program .Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:12-18-22-24-32-33(bonus no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ZAR15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Rands) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of ZAR152,000,000.00 shared amongst the first four (10) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This promotion takes place periodically .In view of this, your ZAR15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Rands) would be released to you by our paying Bank in South-Africa.Our Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim 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. Please be warned.
The SA ONLINE NATIONAL LOTTERY Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation,the Intel Group,Toshiba,Dell computers, and a conglomeration of other international IT companies.The SA NATIONAL LOTTERY internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say that over 600 Million Rands are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact the claims agent with the form below,You are required to fill this form to facilitate the processing of your
claims which will lead to the payment of your prize to you as required.
PAYMENT RELEASE ORDER FORM
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.Fax Number:_____________________________
10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
11. COUNTRY________________________________
FIDUCIARY AGENT:Mr.Jacob Makani
OMEGA FINANCE (PTY) SA
16 JORISSEN STREET,JOHANNESBURG SOUTH-AFRICA
Email: jacobmakani@netscape.net
TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR CONFIRMATION:+27 73 66 66 958
Congratulations from me and members of staff of the SA NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Deborah Jones
Online coordinator
SA NATIONAL LOTTERY,
ONline Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 7am-7pm.

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