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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million us 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 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.
  • +27848631517 (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.
  • claims2007@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Claim Officer <claim_55s@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <claims2007@webmail.co.za>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:46:13 +0000
Subject: AWARD / FINAL NOTIFICATION


HERITAGE LOTTERY - 18 PORTLAND PLACE, CAPE TOWN, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA TEL NO: +27 848 631 517 FAX:+27 811 236 353 INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF: CNL/5567890/07BATCH: 08/0048/Y07

AWARD / FINAL NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT S/A
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS held on the 22nd of July,2007. Due the mix up of
numbers, the results were released on Sat 30th June, 2007. You are attached
to ticket number 09-11-21-39-40-46; with bonus number 35 drew the lucky
numbers 923, and consequently won the lottery in the 4th category. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of $1,000,000.00 (One Million US
Dollars in cash credited to file REF NO. CNL/5567890/07. This is from a total
prize money of $11,584,942 (Eleven million five hundred and eighty four
thousand nine hundred and forty US Dollars) shared among the seven
international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names/e-mail addresses from Australia,New Zealand, America, Europe,
North America,Africa and Asia as part of International Promotions
Program,which is conducted annually.CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your fund is now
deposited with the payment board in your name. Due to the mix up of some
numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your funds ready for
collection. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claimingor unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of
your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes of
1,300,000,000(One billion three hundred million US Dollars) International
Lottery.
To begin your claims/due processing and remittance of your prize money,
please contact our claims Department immediately quoting your winning number09-11-21-39-40-46 and reference number CNL/5567890/07 respectively. CONTACT:
NAME:MR. NDANA KOSOTO(Claim Agent) EMAIL:claims2007@webmail.co.za Kindly provide him with Claims
Requirements Below: Name ------------------------------------------------Address-----------------------------------------------------Nationality-------------------------------------------------Age--------------------------------------------------------Occupation--------------------------------------------------Phone/Fax-------------------------------------------------PresentCountry--------------------------------------------MaritalStatus---------------------------------------------Gender---------------------------------------------------- And please provide
the following information needed. Remember, all prize money must be claimed
not later than two weeks from the date of contact from this office after
which all funds will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please always remember to quote your
winning and reference numbers in every of your correspondence as regards your
claim. And should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims
agent as soon as possible. And further more,any participant below 18 years of
age will be automatically disqualified by this office. Congratulations once
again from all our staff. Sincerely, SUSAN ANDERSON
(THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, HERITAGE LOTTERY)
You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented
below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter between the hours
of 8.00am - 11.30pm on Monday through Saturday. Our winners are assured of
the utmost standards of Confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of
proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
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