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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:
  • "global mega 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 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.
  • +27736368446 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +27838623563 (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.
  • umlazigeorge30@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UKONLINE NOTIFICATION" <uknationlttery24@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:03:10 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!

GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY

Universal Buildiing, 132 - 133 Park Hurst
Balfour - Unite 1440
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001
SOUTH AFRICA
GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY.
TEL:+27 7363-68 446.

 

                              CONGRATULATIONS!

 

The Global Mega Lottery Promotion team is proud to inform you that you have won USD 720,000.00 Why you have won, Your E-mail address is one of 200 lucky Addresses were extracted  in our Last year December Promotion.

 

LOTTERY PRIZE BREAKDOWN

Draw date :7th Dec 2006,

 

Your Prize Money $720,000.00

 

NUMBER OF MATCHES. No OF WINNERS. $ PER WINNER.

TOTAL

 

Match 6 1 

$5,254,612

 

Match 5 576 $11,754

$6,770,304

 

Match 4 33686 $465

$15,663,990

 

Match 3 604272 £10

$6,042,706

 

Totals 638555

$47,305,706

 

 

See below how to claim your prize.

 

Details on the Winnings

Your Winning Reference Number is: FLS-ZR39-825P-4

 Batch Number:  74-263-BBN.

TICKET NUMBER:100-309-7482

SERAIL NUMBER:513-10

WINNING NUMBERS:02,09,22,23,24,30(05)

 

 Contact our processing manager below for claiming  your prize and remember to quote your reference and Batch Number for easy processing of your prize.

 

 

Contact Information Below:

Name : Dr.Umlazi George.

Accredited Agency  -  RSA
Office Address: #2 Tudor Avenue

- Loft Estate - Sunning Hill Johannesburg 
2191 - South Africa.

Tel: +27 83 862 3563

Email: umlazigeorge30@myway.com

 

The International Mega Promotion team,you are therefore advised to include all this details.

 

Bank account information where you want the fund to be transfer:

ACCOUNT NO:

BENEFICIARY’S FULL NAME:

BANK NAME

SWIFT CODE

TEL/FAX NUMBERS:

PRESENT CONTACT ADDRESS:

DATE OF BIRTH:

OCCUPATION:

 

For Security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information CONFIDENTIAL till your claims are processed and your money remitted to your account.

congratulations!!!   Once again

Sincerely,
Mrs. Brown Cathy

(General Secretary)

                              

 

 

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