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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "euro afro american lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million 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 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.
  • +27820582221 (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.
  • kelebmadozaclaimagent_2010bid@yahoo.co.uk
  • kelebmad@aim.com
  • claimagentkel@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: southafrica wordcups2010sa4 <southafricawordcups2010sa4@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 04:44:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION''LUCKY LOTTERY WINNER 2010 WORLD CUP /CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT NOW!!!








CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Euro Afro American Lottery Promotion Switzerland:
FROM THE DESK OF PROMOTIONS MANAGER:
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
FOR THE 2010 SA WORLD CUP BID

Joker number:




Attention: The Winner

We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid
lottery Award International programs held in Zurich, Switzerland.Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number:B6614857560461320 with!
Serial number 7056367 drew the winning:30/84/76/07/28,which
subsequently won you the lottery award in the 2nd category.

CONGRATULATIONS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Your name has therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$6,000.000.00
(Six million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file number
KPC/9030108308/03.This is from a total cash prize of $18,000,000.00 (Eighteen million United States dollars) shared among the first Three (3)lucky winners in this
category worldwide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery
booklet representative office in South Africa as indicated in the play
coupon. In view of this, your $6,000.000.00 (Six Million United States
Dollars) would be released to you through the assistance of our agent
in South Africa, who will immediately commence the winning process to
facilitate the release of your Prize to you once you contact him.


All participants were selected randomly from Worldwide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000,00 companies and
individual email addresses.The lottery program took place to promote
South Africa`s 2010 world cup award.

Please you are advised to file for your claim through our Claim Agent
Dr.Keleb Madoza immediately you receive this message:
immediatly and feed below information: NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:...............................
NATIONALITY:...........................
SEX:...................................
AGE:...................................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:............................
COMPANY:...............................
BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:............................................


Email Address :kelebmadozaclaimagent_2010bid@yahoo.co.uk
Email Address :kelebmad@aim.com/claimagentkel@aim.com
Phone Number :+27-82-058-2221.
Fax Number :+27-86-607-8222.


Please note that due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been fully processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of this program .


N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims agent.




LAST WINNERS ON THE 2010 SA WORLD CUP BID LOTTERY PROMOTIONS






Euro Afro American Lottery Promotion Switzerland.

Congratulations.

Your Sincerely,

Carren Hudson.
Promotions Manager 2010 Bid
Promotions S.A.





















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