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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:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (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.
  • +2348038719981 (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.
  • don_donlain1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DON DONLAIN" <don_donlain1@rediffmail.com>
Date: 13 Jun 2007 16:18:39 -0000
Subject: LUCKY WINNER !!!



&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;





CONGRATULATIONS!!!

SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP 2010 FREE&nbsp;LOTTERY DRAW&nbsp;

&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Dear winner,
&nbsp;
We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Free Lotto draw held on the&nbsp;25th of APRIL 2007. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails.. World cup Draw. Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total payout of USD$ 600,000.00&nbsp; (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND) only. Your email address emerged along side 9 others as a category to winner in this year\'s Annual.
&nbsp;
The world cup lottery 2010 is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation,Coca&nbsp;Cola,Nokia,MTN,the Intel Group, Toyota ,Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh .And mostly by the South African Government.The world cup free lottery draw is held once a year.And is so organized to encourage the use of internet and computers.And also to advertise the South Africa 2010 World&nbsp;Cup world wide.
&nbsp;
We are proud to say that over US&nbsp;$ 10 Million&nbsp;are won annually in more than 150&nbsp; countries world wide.
&nbsp;
World cup 2010 south africa . Consequently,you have therefore been approved for
a total pay out of usd$600,000.00&nbsp; six hundred thousand united state
dollarr) only.The following particulars are attached to your lotto
payment order:
&nbsp;
(i) winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76(iii) lotto code number: FL09622/ZA(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/ZA
&nbsp;
For
security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim your prize money.This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program.Please be warned.
&nbsp;

TO
RECEIVE YOUR WINNING MONEY,PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE ON THE ABOVE
NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS ABOVE FOR PROCESSING AND THE TRANSFER OF YOUR
WINNING MONEY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. REMEMBER ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE
CLAIMED NOT LATTER THAN 01 JULY 2007 AFTER THIS DATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AS UNCLAIMED.
NOTE:
IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAY AND COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE REMEMBER
TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER IN EVERY OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE WITH US.
FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS,DO NOTIFY US AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.AND ALSO INCLUDE YOUR NAME, YOUR PHONE/FAX NUMBERS AND YOUR
EMAIL ADDRESS AS THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.


Mr, Donlain . B
Claim Manager
&nbsp;
Email :&nbsp; don_donlain1@myway.com
&nbsp;
Tel +2348038719981






CONGRATULATIONS!!!

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp; South African President

Sincerely,Rev. Williams HillmanPromotions ManagerWorld cup 2010South Africa
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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