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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +27766914001 (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.
  • ontario49headquaters@winning.com
  • 2010ontarioagent@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ontario 49 Lottery Board" <2010ontarioagent@webmail.co.za> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 07:51:08 +0200
Subject: From: Ms. Cynthia Chalker

From: Ms. Cynthia Chalker
Canada Lottery/Ontario 49 Soccer World Cup 2010
Promotional Draw
1550 Princess Street
Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3
ontario49headquaters@winning.com

Attention: Customer AFRSA680
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/07
Batch No. Ontario 49

WINNING NOTIFICATION

The Canadian Government sponsors this lottery for the promotion of the
2010 Soccer World cup to be hosted in South Africa.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Special Global 2010 World
Cup Promotional Draw held on the Saturday 12th May 2007 in Essex United
Kingdom and Ontario Canada. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket
Number:B9564 75604545 100, with Serial Number 46563760 drew the winning
numbers 17 20 22 25 46 47 with a bonus Number 40 for Ontario 49 Lotto
under the choice of the lottery in the 2nd category of bi-weekly six.You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 (Eight
Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to
file EAAL/851OYHI/07.

This is from a total cash prize of US $11,100,000.00 Million dollars,
shared amongst the first One Hundred and-thirty (130) lucky winners in
this category Worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated
in your play coupon, because this particular draw was selected to
promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted in South Africa hence your winning
information must be kept to enable you participate in our subsequent
draws which will see 500 participants traveling on an all expense paid
trip to South Africa for the Soccer World Cup 2010.

In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand
United States Dollars) would be released to you by an accredited
commercial Bank in South Africa. Our African agent will immediately commence
the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact our African Agent's office. All participants were selected randomly
from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted
from over 10,000,00 companies and personal e-mails. For security reasons,
you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your
claims 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 by
unscrupulous elements. Please be warned!

To file for your claim, contact our corresponding Agent in South Africa immediately
you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information
as follows:
emails:2010ontarioagent@webmail.co.za,Phone +27 7 66 914 001 to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications,please quote your reference numbers in any
correspondences with our designated agents.

Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of this program
that has ensured that you won this competition. Thank you for being part
of our Promotional Lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Cynthia Chalker

NOTE To confirm that you have the winning number for the Saturday 12th
May 2007 draw, visit:
http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=8 confirm under Ontario 49.

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