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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)
• 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.
  • +2348037309354 (Nigeria, 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.
  • marksefton_fch1@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SHELL SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTERY PROGRAMME" <shellsouthlott02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: marksefton_fch1@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 01:43:33 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! CALL NOW.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT
SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY AWARD
IN COLLARBORATIONWITH SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY AND BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY.
LOTTERY HQ. 31, BRIXON COURT CARLTON EAST GATE
Batch: (13/26/DC36)

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:

We happily announce to you the draw of South African
2010 World cup Bid lottery Award International
programs held in Zurich, Switzerland. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: (B9665 75604546
199) with ! Serialnumber (97560) drew the winning:
(60/84/27/17/36), which subsequently on you the
lottery award in the 2nd category.

Your name have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of US$550,000.00 (Five Hundred and Fifty
United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
(KPC/9030108308/03).This is from a total cash prize of
US$550,000.00 (Five Hundred and Fifty United States
Dollars) 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 US$550,000.00 (Five Hundred and Fifty
United States Dollars) would be released to you by our
bank manager immediately he commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him.Also your claim included with free flight
ticket and one month hotel reservation in one of the
five star hotel.

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 programe 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 in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and uwarranted abuse of this program
by some unscrupulous elements.

(Please be warned)

To file for your claim,contact our regional
claim/payment officer/agent immediately you read this
message for quick and urgent release of your fund:

CALL/CONTACT OUR REGIONAL BANK AGENT OFFICER:

Name: Mr. Mark Sefton
Direct Line: +234-803-7309354.
E-mail : marksefton_fch1@yahoo.com.hk

Please be informed that all winning Prize must be
claimed on or before 30 days of this notification. To
avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference /batch numbers in any
correspondences with us or our designated agent.

To avoid unnecessary delays and Complications, please
furnish our designated agents with the information
below:

1. Full Name
2. Adress
3. Telephone number(s).
4: Your Identification(Drivers Licence or
International Passport)
5: Ref. / Batch numbers.
6: Ticket/Serial numbers.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs
of this program that has succesfully won this
competition.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery
program.

Signed: President Nelson Mandela (chairman)

Molefi OLIPHANT (President)

Chief Operations Officer
Albert MOKOENA

Chief Executive Officer
Danny JORDAAN.

(Zonal Co-ordinator)
Mrs. Nancy ZUMA.

Copyright �1995-2007 The South African National
Lottery Inc.All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline.

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