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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim 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.
  • +27739335582 (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.
  • mrrendanivusi@hotmail.com
  • rendanivusi2006@hotmail.com
  • mrrendani@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "the authenticfifalottto" <theauthenticfifalotttoa38@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:23:05 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU WIN LOTTERY CONTACT MR RENDANI VUSI TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!!!

 

                                                                 

 

 

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,

  

MR.ROSE KWENI.

  

EUROPEAN/UK/S.A.AUTHENTIC LOTTERY UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS

  

BID SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY 
AWARD DEPARTMENT.UNITED KINGDOM/SOUTH AFRICA 
(Customer Services) 

 

Secret Pin Code Kxa9v2005 Batch:341-112-543
Reference Winning Number BWBI:35431656003/72.

Batch Numbers Code   332-498-652

                                              

                                                  WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

 We happily annouce to you the draw of South African 2010 World Cup Bid Lottery Award International programs held in U.K your "email address" was attached to ticket number; 12324277 serial number 6663817262 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows -9-22-23-24-30 bonus number 2, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of $2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) file Ref: FER/8309/1209/26 from the total cash prize of 6,000,000.00 shared amongst three lucky winners based on their category.

All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.  

  

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as including Bill Gate, and some other EU governmental personalities part of their social responsibility to promote South Africans 2010 world cup award. the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

 

  

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agent immediatly  with this information:

 

  

Date Of Birth_________________

Name ___________________________________Surnames  (if different) ____________________________________

Address________________________________________

Your emails:___________________________________________________________

City___________________________State__________________________ZipCode _________Telephone______________________________

Occupation _________________________________________Occupation______________________________________________________

Business Name and Address_______________________________________________________BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER___________________________________________________PHONE/MOBILE:_____________________________________________________________SEX_______________________ studying?________________________________________

Education Qualification___________________________________________________FAX_______________________

Have You Visited South Africa ?___________ If No When Will You Visit?_________ :

  

  

  

 

  

The lottery program took place to promote South Africans 2010 world cup

award.

  

 

  

Please you are advised to file for your claim immediately through our  Agent in South Africa Mr.RENDANI VUSI to remit your winning fund to your account. Call him on the phone immediately you received this message because you stand a risk of loosing the prize if you fail to claim within a month from the day you received this notification.

  

 

  

His contact details are as follows...

  

NAME: MR.RENDANI VUSI

  

(CLAIM AGENT).

  

 

  

Email: mrrendanivusi@hotmail.com    or rendanivusi2006@hotmail.com

Alternate Email:mrrendani@excite.com or  mrrendani@belizemail.net

  

 

  

TEL:  +27 73 933 55 82

  

 

  

Call him on the phone immediately you recieve this mail.

  

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards
ROSE KWENI
Co-coordinator
EUROPEAN.UK .SOUTH AFRICAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.

  

                                      
         Yours faithfully, 
         ROSE KWENI 

         Online coordinator 
         EUROPEAN/UK/S.A UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS, 
         Open 7 days 7am-7pm.                                                                    

         
    

  

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

  

Sincerely,

  

United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.

  Mrs. Lynda Williams

      

 

 

Mr. David Alexander                 Dr.  SteveBallmer

                              

  

                                                                       

  

                           

  

( Statutory Online

 Co-ordinator Sec.)Dr.  SteveBallmer

{Zonal Co-ordinator RSA)          

 (CEO  Megasoft Corp.)Mr. David Alexander  

  

  

  

                                                                                                                 

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