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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • ",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.
  • +447024066915 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: samantha williams <sa_williams018@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <claimingdept@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:27:05 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING



Lotto Manager British South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award From: DR MRS. SAMANTHA WILLIAMS. East Gate Batch No. (14/211/0374.) CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING: We happily announce to you the draw of British South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award International programs held in London. Your E-mail address attached to ticket number: 97560 Reference Number :( BTL/311OX1/02) drew the winning numbers: (60/84/27/17/36), which won you the lottery award in the 2nd category. Your Email have therefore been approved to claim a Total sum of US$(1,000.000.00) (One million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file (KPC/9030108308/03).This is from a total cash prize of US $(10,000,000.00) Million dollars, shared among the first Ten (10)lucky winners in 2ND category world-wide. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in South Africa as indicate in the play coupon. In view of this, your winning ($1,000.000.00) (One Million United States Dollars) would be released to you by the South Africa Gaming Commission Board immediately after all verification and validation process.All participants Email Address were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer BALLOT SYSTEM, which was extracted from over 100,000 companies and individual email addresses World Wide. The lottery program took place to promote British South Africa 2010 world cup award.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. To file for your claim, please contact our clearance Payment officer immediately, his contact information are:
Agent Name: GEORGE WILLIAMS Tel + 44 702 4066 915 Tel + 44 703 1890 501
Please be informed that all winning must be claimed not later than two weeks from this day.To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference batch numbers in all correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs, Formal President Nelson Mandela (chairman.) Molefi OLIPHANT (President) Chief Operations Officer: Albert MOKOENA Chief Executive Officer: Danny JORDAAN. N.B/Call our clearance payment officer for your claim, do not miss this opportunity. Thank you for your co-operation . DR MRS. SAMANTHA WILLIAMS. .(Zonal Co-coordinator.)










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