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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 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.
  • +27735888614 (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.
  • safifa2010@thepub.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Monica Robinson <monicrobinson149@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:55:33 +0200
Subject: You Have Won 2010 World Cup Lottery! Congratulations!!!





































National Headquarter:31,Brixon Court

Lottery House
Carlton East Gate Johannesburg 2001
Republic of South Africa.















DEAR WINNER CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!



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


Ref. File No.: KPC/9030104395/07 Batch: 15/76/EF74 Serial No: SALP97560 2007 Edition


SUB "LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION"

Attn: Dear Winner,

Congratulations!!! We wish to use this medium to officially notify you of the final lottrey draw that your Name has been selected among the (120) Star/Lucky Winners Worldwide for the South African National Lottery Promotional Programme based on the South Africa 2010 Fifa World Cup hosting Lottery draw.

Your Email address attached to the Ticket Number: (B9665 75608567 775) with! BATCH NUMBER: 15/76/EF74 and SERIAL NUMBER (SALP97560 ) drew the winning: 04/13/21/27/36/38 + 45) on this year "2007" Lottery Result, which subsequently won you the sum of US$2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) in the 2nd Category of this Lottery Programme.

All participants were selected randomly from the Worldwide/ Business/Trade Journals, Individual Email addresses through Computer Super Draw System and extracted from over 950.000.000 (Nine Hundred And Fifty Million) individual Emails, Companies and Corporate Organizations as listed from their various Country's Web-site from Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe, New Zealand and Australia, North - South and Central America to promote this Lottery Programme Award by South African National lottery Board .

Your Name with Reference File Number:Ref. File No.: KPC/9030104395/07 has therefore been approved to claim a Total Sum of (US$2,000,000.00- Two Million United States Dollars).

This is from the Total Cash Prize of US$500,000,000.00 (Five Hundred Million United States Dollars) Jackpot to be shared among the LUCKY WINNERS Worldwide in this year 2007 Lottery Programme.

Also your award include Free Flight Ticket and (30) Days Hotel Reservation in one of the Five Star Hotels during the World Cup in 2010.

For Security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information CONFIDENTIAL till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of our programme by some unscrupulous elements.

To avoid unnecessary delay and complications fill the below form and contact:

Dr. Mrs. X P Guma
(Sole Agent)
Tel:+27-73-5888614
Fax:+27-11-5076348
E-mail at: safifa2010@thepub.co.za
Quote your Reference numbers in any of your correspondences.























1.NAME:......................................................

2.ADDRESS:................................................

3.TICKET NUMBER:................................................

4.SERIAL NUMBER:.................................................

5.BATCH NUMBER:..................................................

6.WINNING NUMBER:......................................

7.AMOUNT WON:.....................................................

8.MARITAL STATUS:......................................

9.OCCUPATION:.............................................

10.AGE:..........................................................

11.SEX:...........................................................

12.NATIONALITY:...........................................
13.COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:...........................
14.TELEPHONE NO:.........................................

15.FAX NO:....................................................



Congratulations for being one in a million in this International Lottery Promotional Programme "Age Restriction of under 16 Yrs applies".

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Monica Robinson (Zonal Co-ordinator )


Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the National Lotteries Board Commission

Mrs. Monica Robinson . Hon.Elder. Phillip Mashilo
(Zonal Co-ordinator Sec.) (Director Of Admin)
















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