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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "british lottery international" (no such lottery exists)
  • "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
  • ",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 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.
  • mega_national_lottery@yahoo.co.uk
  • pa4mo@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: patrick moyo <p_moyo204@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: pa4mo@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:40:45 +0100 (BST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION



LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONALPROGRAMME


British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 Rawhill mansion,
N/W LONDON.
EMAIL;(mega_national_lottery@yahoo.co.uk)
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the British Lottery International programs held on behalf of the South African 2010 world cup lottery program on the 31st of October 2006 in London.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545-188 with serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US$25,000,000.00 shared amongst the first (10) lucky winners in this category.
This years Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery .The estimated $125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history.The biggest was the $836 million jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000 draw of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your US$2,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in South Africa First National Bank (FNB). Our agent will immediately commence the facilitation of release of your fund to you as soon as you establish contact.

All participants were selected randomly from world wide web sites through a computer drawn system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually. For security, this is part of precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.Please be warned.

To Commence your claim, please contact our South African Controler /Agent with the below details for processing of your claims.

AGENT: Mr.Patrick Moyo
Tel: + 27-83-722-0938
Email: pa4mo@yahoo.co.uk.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your Reference number,Batch number and Ticket Number in all your correspondences with us or our designated Agent in South Africa. Congratulations once more from members and staff of this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
MR. ROBINSON COPER
(General Manager,london office)








Congratulations from the Staff & Members of the National Lottery Board commission




Mr James Nkomo Mr. Rudolf P. Markhams Mrs. Rosemary Moyo
(Zonal Co-ordinator Sec.) (Zonal Co-ordinator) (Board Member)

Copyright © 1994-2006 The National Lottery Inc.
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