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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:

• 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.
  • +27785244159 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: NOTIFICATION DESK <mr.christopherdeon19@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 19:32:39 -0400
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON EMAIL LOTTERY





















SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL LOTTERY DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSEDSA ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERYIS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF:
Registration ZA728635ZA






JohannesburgRegional Office1st Floor,Crownwood
Office Park 100
Northern Parkway ORMONDE







WINNING NOTIFICATION


We happily announce to you the draw (#471) of the SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held today.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 19 35 13 41 23 15, which subsequently win you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1.M (One million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of US$5,000,000 shared amongst the first five (5) lucky winners in this category i.e.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 monthly until the end of the year. (31/12/2007)
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our South African booklet representative office in Johannesburg as indicated in your play coupon. (5647560054) In view of this, your US$1,000,000.00 would be released to you by any of our payment offices 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.
please you are advised to contact the agent with your winning numbers, this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.To claim your prize, please contact our fiduciary agent Mr. WILLIAM SMITH Email:williamsmith608@msn.com Tel: +27-78-524-4159, and 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:SA NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.






Mrs. Basheera Abubakar
(Co-coordinator).
CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS /STAFF OF SA NATIONAL LOTTERY .

Past winners.




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