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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:

• 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.
  • +27741066276 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: TRUST TUSK <tusktrustltd@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 02:42:35 +0800 (CST)
Subject: REQUIREMENTS


Atten:Dear Ms Ethelinda Maurler,

We are the paying agent to the lottery company.In their just concluded draws,you emerged one of the lucky winners hence our contact details were given to you to contact us for remittance of your prize money.

Please note that we shall not be able to make payment to you without proper verification of your prize with us so as to ensure that you are the bonafide winner.In this regard,you are required to send us info as listed below for proper
verification and record purpose.

1.Full names
2.Country of origin
3.Address
4.Tel and Fax numbers
5.Lottery Batch number
6.Lottery Reference number
7.Age
8.Occupation.
9.Country of Resident:
10.Occupation

Always at your service,

MR.SOLISO OGAMBA.
BROKERAGE MANAGER
TUSK TRUST LIMITED
SANDTON,SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:+27-741-066-276




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