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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:
  • ",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.
  • +2348030508853 (Nigeria, 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.
  • innocentharry01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: innocentharry01@yahoomail.com
Date: 21 Aug 2007 18:02:05 +0530
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP 2010 FREE LOTTERY DRAW



Dear Humphry,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!


SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP 2010 FREE LOTTERY DRAW



ATTENTION: WINNER,

RE:AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE
WE ARE HAPPY TO INFORM YOU TODAY , AUGUST 21, 2007 OF THE RELEASE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CASH THREE PRIZE/AWARD PROGRAM HELD ON , JULY 28TH, 2007. YOUR NAME/COMPANY’S ATTACHED TO THE TICKET 10 LUCKLY WINNERS IN THEFREE LOTTO DRAW . All 10 WINNING ADDRESSESS WERE randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails.. World cup Draw. Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total payout of USD$ 600,000.00 (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND) only. Your email address emerged along side 9 others as a category to winner in this year"s Annual.

THE WORLD CUP LOTTERY 2010 IS PROUDLY ORGANZED BY THE MICROSOFT CORPORATION,CACO COLA,NOKIA,MTN,THE INTEL GROUP,TOYOTA,AMERICAN AWARD PROMOTION ,TOSHIBA,DELL COMPUTERS,MCKINTOSH,AND MOSTLY BY THE SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT.THE WORLD CUP FREE LOTTERY DRAW IS HELD ONCE A YEAR.AND IS SO ORGANIZED TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS.AND ALSO TO AVDERTISE THE SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP WORLDWIDE.

WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT OVER US TEN MILLION ARE WON ANNUALLY IN MORE THAN 150 COUNTRIES WORLD WIDE

WORLD CUP 2010 SOUTH AFRICA. CONSEQUENTLY,YOU HAVE THEREFOR BEEN APPROVED FOR A TOTAL PAY OUT 2010 USD$600,000.00 (SIX HUNDERD THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLER)ONLY.THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS ARE ATTACHED TO YOUR LOTTO PAYMENT ORDER:

(i) winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) lotto code number: FL09622/ZA
(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/ZA

FOR SECURITY REASONS:YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL TILL YOUR CLAIM YOUR PRIZE MONEY.THIS IS PART OF OUR PERCAUTIONARY MEASURE TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM .PLEASE BE WARNED.



CONGRATULATIONS!
YOUR WINNING MONEY IS NOW DEPOSITED WITH A FINANCE COMPANY INSURED IN YOUR NAME,DUE TO MIXED UP OF SOME NUMBERS AND NAMES,WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR WINNING NUMBERS TOP SECRET FROM PUBLIC NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR WINNING MONEY IS TRANSFRRED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.AS THIS IS PART OF OUR PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING OR UNWARRANTED TAKING OF AN ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM BY PARTICIPANTS.ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 50,000.00 NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS FROM EUROPE,AFRICA,ASIA, MIDDLE EAST,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,UNITED STATE AND NEW ZEALAND AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM WHICH WE CONDUCT ONCE EVERY YEAR.

TO RECEIVE YOUR WINNING MONEY,PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE ON THE ABOVE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS ABOVE FOR PROCESSING AND THE TRANSFER OF YOUR WINNING MONEY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. REMEMBER ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED NOT LATTER THAN STMB 5TH 2007. AFTER THIS DATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AS UNCLAIMED.



CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FROM ALL MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR PROMOTION PROGRAM.


AFRICA AGENT LOCATION
POSTCODE TRUST & SECURITIES
GOSFORD INSURANCE PTY.LTD
+234-8030-5088-53
Contact Person: Mr. Innocent Harry
Email:innocentharry01@yahoo.com
***********************************************

CONGRATULATIONS!!!



South African President




Sincerely,
Rev. Williams Hillman
Promotions Manager
World cup 2010
South Africa




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