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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand 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!

Fraud email example:

From: INTERCONTINENTAL LOTTERY SA <mbajfnb32@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jmbatha2@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:58:12 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!



INTERCONTINENTAL LOTTERY SA.#265 FERIGRAN STREET, PRETORIAEAST, PRETORIA, 0002 - SOUTH AFRICA.FROM THE DIRECTOR, PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNERDear Lucky Winner,We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of INTERCONTINENTAL LOTTERY SA. International Lottery programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 20,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following winning information: You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $1,500,000.00 (One Million Five hundred Thousand United States dollars).LUCKY NUMBERS: 06,13,26,33,43,46REF NUMBERS: INL-PF23-711W-9BATCH NUMBERS: 46-184-WANSERIAL NUMBERS: 215-18 DRAWTo begin the process of claiming your prize, you are to contact our claims agent whose contact details are stated below for more information as regards the procedures to claim your prize.Mr. Thabo Johnson.Zonal CoordinatorINL FINANCE LIMITED.Email: jmbatha@myway.comFax: +27- 866 009 755Contact him by sending him with the under listed in formations: 1. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS:2. YOUR REFFERENCE NUMBERS:3. YOUR BATCH NUMBERS:4. YOUR SERIAL NUMBERS:5. AMOUNT WON:6. YOUR FULL NAMES:7. YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:8. YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:9. YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER {MOBILE NUMBER}:10. YOUR OCCUPATION:11. AGE:12. MARITAL STATUS:Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.Sincerely, THE DIRECTOR PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.INTERCONTINENTAL LOTTERY SA.The South Africa Gambling Board approves the INTERCONTINENTAL LOTTERY SA to carry out lottery activities.
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