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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "accredited attorney" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "attorneys " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +27826697469 (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.
  • billjohnson_attoneyschambers@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Promotion Claim Agent Picca <claim_agent_johnpicca1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:59:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re:CONGRATULATIONS.


Dear Winner,

Congratulations and compliments of the day; kindly be advised that we did receive your email. More also the authenticity of your winning sum and winning details has been confirmed to be Legitimate and correct by this office.

I would want you to fill this bellow and send to my office to get a file for you.

Names in Full :
Country:
Address:
Direct Mobile:
Age:
Sex:
Amount Won:
Occupation:
Ticket Number:
Serial Number:
Phone Numbers

Congratulation once again, your email address has won you a prize. Meanwhile as your appointed Claim Agent I will assist you to receive your fund, kindly also note that the turnaround time for the preparation of your payment file, official payment endorsement and approval is six working days.


Further more, you are advised to contact a legal representive who will help you to process the transfer documents and claim the funds on your behalf and transfer to your account in your country, since you are not residing in Africa and to let you kown that your Name happen to fall in our African Booklet,so you are to use a lawyer from South Africa and to tell you that the bank that will issue your winning sum is in South Africa.


Name: First National Bank of South Africa (FNB) and i the agent directed to you am from South Africa so every processes on your winning must be in Africa from the company as you get your prize.


We the Lotto Company advice winners to use a certified Bank accredited Attorney and can direct you to a few that we know and have worked with.

Please be advised that your funds will be ready within the next 48 hours, pending when your legal representative person will come on your behalf for claims.

Here are the details of your nominated legal representative:

NAME: Barrister Bill Johnson (B.Lur.LL.B Chat)
E-MAIL: billjohnson_attoneyschambers@yahoo.com
PHONE: +27 82 669 7469
OFFICE: 201 Polly Street By ABSA Tower Johannesburg South Africa.
CHAMBER:Bill Attorneys Chambers S.A

You are required to contact him immediately.

And this are the documents required by the bank and by the Microsoft Awarding Company for your prize release and it is due to the lawyer to get them for you thats the need for one.

They are below:

(1) Winning Certificate From the Company.
(2)Bank Transfer Form From First National Bank of South Africa (FNB).
(3) The National Gambling Board of Control Permit.
(4) The Foreign Remittance Permit.

Thanks and have a nice day.

Claims Manager
John Picca





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