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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim 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)
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • +27837565586 (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.
  • sa-mutual@galmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • sa-mutual@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sa_uk101@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:11:44 +0200
Subject: YOU HAVE WON THE SUM OF £ 2,000,000.00?

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
MRS. GRACE KHUMALO

EUROPEAN/UK/S.A.UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS BID SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP
LOTTERY AWARD DEPARTMENT.UNITED KINGDOM/SOUTH AFRICA

(Customer Services)
Ref: FER/4690/6103/24
Batch:245-379-482
Winning No:2-9-22-23-24-30

2010 LOTTERY AWARD
We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World Cup Bid Lottery
Award International programs held in U.K your "email address" was attached to
ticket number; 12324277 serial number 6663817262 This batch draws the lucky numbers
as follows -9-22-23-24-30 bonus number 2, which consequently won the lottery in the
second category.You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of £2,000,000.00
(TWO MILLION POUNDS)file Ref: FER/8309/1209/26 from the total cash prize of
18,000,000.00 shared amongst ten lucky winners based on their category.

All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States,Asia,
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions
program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as including
Bill Gate, and some other EU governmental personalities part of their social
responsibility to promote South Africans 2010 world cup award. the citizens in
the communities where they have operational base.

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agent immediatly
and feed him below information:

NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:...............................
NATIONALITY:...........................
SEX:...................................
AGE:...................................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:............................
COMPANY:...............................
BATCH/WINNING NUMBER:............................................

The lottery program took place to promote South Africans 2010 world cup award.
Please you are advised to file for your claim immediately through our Agent in
South Africa Dr. Fred Moyo to remit your winning fund to your account. Call him
on the phone immediately you received this message because you stand a risk of
loosing the prize if you fail to claim within a month from the day you received
this notification.

His contact details are as follows...

CLAIM AGENT NAME: DR:FRED MOYO
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
S.A MUTUAL FINANCE AND INSURANCE (PTY) LTD.
FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
TELEPHONE NO.+27 83-756-5586,
email: sa-mutual@galmail.co.za
ALT MAIL :sa-mutual@webmail.co.za

Call him on the phone immediately you recieve this mail. For security reasons,
we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until
your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this
program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours Faithfully,
MRS. GRACE KHUMALO
Co-coordinator
EUROPEAN.UK .SOUTH AFRICAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
Open 7 days 7am-7pm.

Anti-fraud resources:

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