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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +27766914001 (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.
  • ontariopayagent1@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ontario board <ontarioboard30@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 19:50:21 +0000
Subject: You have won US$820,000.00!



From: Ms. Cynthia ChalkerCanada Lottery/Ontario 49 Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw1550 Princess StreetKingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3headquarters@ontario49promo2010.ca.ttAttention: Customer AFRSA680Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/07Batch No. Ontario 49WINNING NOTIFICATIONThe Canadian Government sponsors this lottery for the promotion of the 2010 SoccerWorld cup to be hosted in South Africa.We happily announce to you the draw of the Special Global 2010 World Cup PromotionalDraw held on the wednesday 22nd August 2007 in Essex United Kingdom and Ontario Canada.Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: B9564 75604545 100, with SerialNumber 46563760 drew the winning numbers 10- 14- 15- 39-45-48 with a bonus Number5 for Ontario 49 Lotto under the choice of the lottery in the 2nd category ofbi-weekly six.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 (EightHundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to fileEAAL/851OYHI/07.This is from a total cash prize of US $11,100,000.00 Million dollars, shared amongstthe first One Hundred and-thirty (130) lucky winners in this category Worldwide.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro bookletrepresentative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon, because thisparticular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted in SouthAfrica hence your winning information must be kept to enable you participate in oursubsequent draws which will see 500 participants traveling on an all expense paidtrip to South Africa for the Soccer World Cup 2010.In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United StatesDollars) would be released to you by an accredited commercial Bank in South Africa.Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release ofyour funds as soon as you contact our African Agent's office.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computerdraws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and personal e-mails. Forsecurity reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential tillyour claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deemfit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid doubleclaiming and Unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous elements. Please bewarned!To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding Agent in South Africaimmediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contactinformation is as follows: email:ontariopayagent1@webmail.co.za, Phone +27 766 914 001 to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote yourreference numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents.Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of this program that hasensured that you won this competition. Thank you for being part of our PromotionalLottery program.Yours Sincerely,Ms. Cynthia ChalkerNOTE To confirm that you have the winning number for the wednesday 22nd August 2007draw, visit: http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=8 under ontario49.C
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