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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "fifa world cup lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • safa2010fifalotteryagentmokoenep@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: SAFA/FIFA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY DRAW <safa2010worldcup_draw@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:13:40 +0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON YOU FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS (US$50,000)



SOUTH AFRICA FIFA WORLD CUP
LOTTERY 2010
Lottery Headquarters:51, Brixton Court,Carlton,EastGateJohannesburg.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION(SAFA) IS PROUD TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE JUST WON FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS(US$50,000). THIS LOTTERY IS SPONSORED BY SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (SAFA) WITH FIFTY-SIX,56 COOPERATE BODIES.SOUTH AFRICA WILL BE HOSTING THE SOCCER WORLD CUP IN THE YEAR 2010.THIS WILL BE THE FIRST EVER WORLD CUP TO BE HELD IN THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA.
WE ARE CELEBRATING THIS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS LOTTERY. WE ARE ALSO USING THIS LOTTERY TO CREATE AWARENESS TOWARDS THE HOSTING OF THE WORLD CUP IN 2010 IN SOUTH AFRICA. HOWEVER NO PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION WAS GIVEN BEFORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS PICKED FOR THIS LOTTERY.
GENERALLY EMAIL ADDRESS ARE PICKED, THE DRAWS ARE PROCESSED BY THE COMPUTER THROUGH A SPECIAL PROGRAM THAT IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS LOTTERY, THE PROGRAM IS KNOWN AS RANDOM ACCESS PROGRAM (RAP). THIS SOFTWARE PICKS EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM THE INTERNET AND THROUGH A RANDOM PROCESS, PICKS THE WINNERS THROUGH THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS.
EMAIL WINNING NUMBER:SAFA576395WC TO CLAIM YOUR CASH PRIZE PLEASE CONTACT OUR LOTTERY AGENT. CONTACT: REV. PETER MOKOENEEMAIL: safa2010fifalotteryagentmokoenep@yahoo.com For security reasons, we advice all winners to keepthis information confidential until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be warned. Sincerely,
Rev. JAN KOOPMANN Promotions ManagerWorld cup 2010South Africa
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