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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.
  • +27730113247 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: larry noor <larrynoor2010@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:02:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FROM THE OFFICE OF LARRY NOOR


FROM THE OFFICE OF LARRY NOOR

TELEPHONE +277 3 0113247

ATTN: Volny Fish

We congratulate you for your wining in this 2010 world cup Lottery of South Africa 's International Program, held in Zurich , as part of the promotional draws. I was informed that Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 2,500 Email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America , Asia, Australia , Canada , Europe,Middle East , and New as part of the Electronic business Promotions Program. As a result of contacting my office to procure a timely completion processing of your wining fund,

Be advised to provide us with your wining reference numbers, ticket and serial numbers, which will help us to track, your claims through our system and processes accordingly.

Please due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice all our clients to keep there information’s strictly confidential from public notice until your claim is processed and your money is remitted to your designated bank account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by non-participants of this program.

Congratulations Once again as I wait for your prompt response, remember to prompt the needed information’s to enable us process your fund transfer accordingly without any delay.

For more clarification, contact me during the office hour on this Number: +277 30113247

Thank you,
Mr. LARRY NOOR
(Service director)




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