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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:
  • "million 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)
• 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.
  • +27766914001 (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.
  • ontariopayagent1@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ontario board <ontarioboard264@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:44:35 +0000
Subject: You have won US$820,000.00!



From: Ms. Cynthia ChalkerCanada Lottery/Ontario 49 Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw1550 Princess StreetKingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3headquarters@ontario49promo2010.ca.ttAttention: Customer AFRSA680Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/07Batch No. Ontario 49WINNING NOTIFICATIONThe Canadian Government sponsors this lottery for the promotion of the2010 SoccerWorld cup to be hosted in South Africa.We happily announce to you the draw of the Special Global 2010 World CupPromotionalDraw held on the wednesday 1st August 2007 in Essex United Kingdom andOntario Canada.Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: B9564 75604545 100, withSerialNumber 46563760 drew the winning numbers 8- 18- 22- 42- 47- 48 with abonus Number27 for Ontario 49 Lotto under the choice of the lottery in the 2ndcategory ofbi-weekly six.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00(EightHundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited tofileEAAL/851OYHI/07.This is from a total cash prize of US $11,100,000.00 Million dollars,shared amongstthe first One Hundred and-thirty (130) lucky winners in this categoryWorldwide.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro bookletrepresentative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon, becausethisparticular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted inSouthAfrica hence your winning information must be kept to enable youparticipate in oursubsequent draws which will see 500 participants traveling on an allexpense paidtrip to South Africa for the Soccer World Cup 2010.In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty ThousandUnited StatesDollars) would be released to you by an accredited commercial Bank inSouth Africa.Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate therelease ofyour funds as soon as you contact our African Agent's office.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site throughcomputerdraws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and personale-mails. Forsecurity reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informationconfidential tillyour claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manneryou deemfit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure toavoid doubleclaiming and Unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous elements.Please bewarned!To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding Agent in SouthAfricaimmediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of yourfund, contactinformation is as follows: email:ontariopayagent1@webmail.co.za, Phone +27766 914 001 to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quoteyourreference numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents.Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of this program thathasensured that you won this competition. Thank you for being part of ourPromotionalLottery program.Yours Sincerely,Ms. Cynthia ChalkerNOTE To confirm that you have the winning number for the wednesday 1stAugust 2007draw, visit: http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=8 under ontario49.C
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