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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million british pounds" (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.
  • +27736550697 (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.
  • barbara.rihn@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Van Han" <v_28407677@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rjeffers@webmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:51:36 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! 3rd Category winner!

Uthingolotterywinners/2010.org
20-25 UTHINGO D.R PARKVIEW
MIDRAND NW1865, JOHANNESBURG. SOUTH AFRICA
 
 CONGRATULATIONS!
 
 FROM: Mrs. Van Hall
 Lottery Coordinator.
 INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
 
 ATTENTION: WINNER
 REF: ZAR/28407677/2007
 BATCH: 11/596809/KC/MFP
 
 RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

Dear Winner,            

                                          
          THIRD CATEGORY NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 3rd lucky winners in the Uthingolotterywinners/2010.org international programs draw held on  Good Friday April 06 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 356-00098-3211-222 with serial number 818-09 and drew the lucky numbers 14-41-25-19-49-37 which consequently won in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of £1,000,000 Pounds (one million pounds) only. CONGRATULATIONS!!! 

 

Uthingolotterywinners/2010.org has set out and successfully organised a sweepstakes marking the Easter Anniversary and we have rolled out over £100,000,000 ( One hundred million British pounds) in cash and other prizes for the Easter Anniversary Draws. Participants for this draw were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts.

 

The draws registered as DRAW NUMBER 4(Four) was conducted in Midrand, Johannesburg South Africa and your email address emerged alongside 2 others as a 3rd category winner in this year's draw.

 

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Lucky numbers: 14-41-25-19-49-37
(ii) Serial number: 818-09
(iii) Lotto batch number: 11/596809/KC/MFP
(iv) Reference number:  ZAR/28407677/2007

 

To file for your claim,  fill the VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE INFORMATION.  

Below:

1.    Full name:

2.    Address:

3.    Sex:

4.    Age

5.    Marital status:

6.    Occupation/Position: 

7.    Email address:

8.    Telephone number:

9.  Serial number:

10.  Ticket number:

11. State:

12. Country:

 

And contact,

 

 Barbara Rihn                                         

Deputy Director
International Remittance

Uthingolotterywinners/2010.org
Suite 402, Private Bag x-10

Somerset West 7130
South Africa.
TEL: +27-73-655-0697.
EMAIL: barbara.rihn@gawab.com 

Warning!!!   

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your Winning information confidential until your claim have been processed. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participant.
Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

CONTACT OUR/YOUR FIDUCIAL AGENT; ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

 

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Van Hall
Lottery Coordinator.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
Vanhall@Uthingolotterywinners/2010.org. 

 

N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today.
2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4.All winners under the age of 16 are automatically disqualified.
5.Please  contact your claims agent by  email or phone.

               

 

Congratulations from the Staff & Members of the 
       National Lottery Board Commission  

                              

Mrs. Rosemary Moyo   Dr. Woodroffe Adams    Mr. Rudolf P. Markhams         
(Zonal Co-ordinator Sec.)       (Board Member)             (Zonal Co-ordinator)  

Copyright © 1994-2010 The National Lottery Inc. 
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

 

 

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Notice: The information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message, and then delete it from your computer.  All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the Uthingolotterywinners/2010.org corporate e-mail system and is subject to archiving and review by someone other than the recipient.

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