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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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)
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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 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.
  • claimagentgeorge@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "gold promotions" <goldproz12@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 10:32:20 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!

OFFICE OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER

GOLDEN CROWN INT. PROMOTIONS

32 KINGS DRIVE

MIDRAND SOUTH AFRICA

Batch: 14/05/0345

Ref: BTL/201OXI/07

                                          GOLDEN CROWN INT. PROMOTIONS NOTIFICATION DESK

                                                       FINAL NOTIFICATION

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#955) of the GOLDEN CROWN INT. PROMOTIONS, online Sweepstakes International program held on 15th May,2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 37324481569 246 with Serial number 3274/04 drew the lucky numbers: (05)-(17)-(41)-(13)-(11)-(34)bonus #(26).Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

So much money is generated from people like you all over the World for using the Information Superhighway (the Internet) without you being aware the enormous sum that go to the stake holders (WWWITC). Without your patronage, this would not have been possible.

As a result,we concluded that Internet users should be compensated and we embarked on a worldwide email lottery promotion with a sophisticated automated database to randomly select E-mail accounts that frequently surf the Internet. Consequent upon this, your E-mail address was picked in the 2nd category.NOTE NO TICKET WERE SOLD OUT YOU WERE RANDOMLY SCELETED.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $1,200,000.00 (one million two hundred thousand U.S dollars) in cash credited to file KTU/5734215306/11.This is from a total cash prize of $8,000,000,00 shared amongst the first six (6) lucky winners in this category.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from WorldWide Websites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.This promotion takes place bianually.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European/African booklet representative office in South Africa.In view of this, your $1,200,000.00 (one million two hundred thousand U.S dollars) would be released to you by any of our courier department or by on-line bank to bank transfer. 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 informations confidential till your claim 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. Please be warned !!!

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent below 

NAME: MR.GEORGE WRIGHT 

FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,

GOLDEN CROWN INT. PROMOTIONS

32 KINGS DRIVE

MIDRAND SOUTH AFRICA

E MAIL:  claimagentgeorge@yahoo.com

PHONE #  +27793604324

with the following details:

 

           PAYMENT RELEASE ORDER FORM

First Name:........................................

Last Name:.........................................

Sex:................................................

Office/Resident

Address:............................................

Telephone.................Mobile...................

Fax:.................................................

Occupation:.........................................

Date of Birth.......................................

Nationality:........................................

Winner's E-mail:...................................

 

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the GOLDEN CROWN INT. PROMOTIONS.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Julie Wellington 

Director.International Promotions Unit

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