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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:
  • "flash fortune lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• 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 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.
  • mr_brownsmith2010@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • southafricancup_2010@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: win log <brownsmith00@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mr_brownsmith2010@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 19:14:47 +0200
Subject: YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THE COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL DRAW!!!





YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THE COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL DRAW!!! THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE DIRECTOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE DISBURSEMENT CENTER FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS. YOU HAVE WON ON THE COMPUTER BALLOT, THE SUM OF US$1,950.000.00
PLEASE CONTACT: Mr. Brown SmithYOUR CLAIMS MANAGER FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT ON Email::mr_brownsmith2010@yahoo.com OR southafricancup_2010@yahoo.ca
PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION!!! ============================
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made today 1St of September 2007, as one of the winners in the FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, as part of our Promotional draws. HELD ON 30th OF August 2007. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket number 100-309-74824 with Serial number, 513-10 drew the Winning numbers 5, 9, 12, 29, 40, 59 TOP 76 and Bonus number 1, which subsequently you won the lottery in the 3rd category i.e. Thunder ball Jackpot.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,950,000.00 only in cash credited to file ZAR/5533-SDS2/06. This is from the total prize money of US$13,650,000.00 shared among the Seven International winners in the Third category.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 Unions, associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This Promotion takes place monthly.
Please note that your Lucky Winning number falls within our International Booklet representative office here in South Africa as indicated in your Winning numbers.
Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers And email address, we request you to quote your Reference Number and Batch Numbers We also advice you to keep this award strictly from Public Notice until Your claim has been processed.
To begin your claim, urgently call the Claims Manager upon completing the Application Prize Claim to speedy up in processing your Winning.
Reference Number: FLS-ZR39-825P-4 Batch number: 74-263-BBN CLAIMS MANAGER FLASH FORTUNE ONLINE PROMOTIONS
MR,Brown Smith E-MAIL: :mr_brownsmith2010@yahoo.com OR southafricancup_2010@yahoo.ca
============================================================= APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM (Receipt Official Notification Letter) ============================================================= [FULL NAME OF WINNER]............................................... [FULL MAILING ADDRESS].............................................. [COUNTRY/REGION]....................................................... [STATE/PROVINCE]....................................................... [DATE OF BIRTH].................../...................../........... [SEX].................................................................. [MARITAL STATUS].................................................... [OCCUPATION]........................................................... [CURRENT EMAIL]....................................................... [TEL].............................. [FAX].............................. WINNING INFORMATION: [LUCKY NUMBERS]........................................................ [REFERENCE NUMBER].................................................. [BATCH NUMBER]........................................................ [DATE OF NOTIFICATION].................................................
You are to fill and complete this APPLICATION and send it back to your Claims Manager's E-mail Address:mr_brownsmith2010@yahoo.com OR southafricancup_2010@yahoo.caOr call him on Telephone Number: +27 -760-663-993 Please indicate "X" for the option you want your prize remitted to you. Listed are the options of receiving prize payment.
(1) PAYMENT BY TELEGRAPHIC BANK TRANSFER: ..........................................................[____] (2) PAYMENT APPROVAL PROCESS: .....................................[____]
Submitted Form will be manually verified and processed by the assigned Claims Manager. The Processing of your form will be completed within the next 24 hours of receiving your LOTTERY CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM-C. You will receive an update on the status of your application once Completely Processed. DENIAL OF APPLICATION: ======================
Please be informed that the following listed Country Have been banned from participating in the lottery: Vietnam, Iraq, South Africa, Nigeria,Venezuela and North Korea.
If you are a resident of the listed country you cannot file claims for This Lottery prize.
Please delete this Notification, as your prize processing will be Annulled Without notice.
Once again, accept our congratulations on your prize winning.

Sincerely,
Mrs.Brown Smith, Director, Lottery Board Organisation.

PS; YOU ARE TO CALL THE CLAIMS MANAGER UPON FILLING THE APPLICATION FOR THE PRIZE CLAIM TO ENABLE THEIR OFFICE SPEEDY-UP US IN PROCESSING YOUR WINNING. 2007 FLASH FORTUNE ONLINE PROMOTIONS. All rights reserved. Offer valid to winners who are at least 18 years of age. Void where Prohibited. No purchase necessary to claim winning prize. You will need to meet all of the steps to redeem as Outlined in the Terms & Conditions before you can receive your Promotional Prizes. To receive this promotion, you must: 1) Submit email and mailing address information 2) Select one of the options listed for receiving prize 3) Check your e-mail inbox for "Redemption Notification" Montinola
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