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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +27732402851 (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.
  • claims_m1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: susana dekurt <susan_d10@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:21:32 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!





FROM THE DESK OF ZUDINGO LUCKY PROMOTIONS
SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTERY
2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY
AWARD DEPARTMENT.
SOUTH AFRICA
(Customer Services)

REF: ZAR/311182534/2007 BATCH: ZAR/4272944/2007

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily annouce to you the draw of South African 2010 World Cup Bid Lottery Award International program held in SOUTH AFRICA.Your "email address" was attached to ticket number;2-23-29-32-37-50 This batch,draws the lucky numbers as follows -43-33-38-21-22 bonus number 5, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You have there fore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,783,000.00 (Two Million, Seven Hundred And Eighty Three Thousand, United States Dollars) in cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$ 4,419,864 shared among the seven winners in the Second category.

All participants "email address" were selected through an internet balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted to Promote first ever world cup in Africa.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies and some other EU governmental personalities as part of their social responsibility to promote South Africa 2010 world cup award.

To process your claims you are hereby adviced to contact the Claim Agent immediatly with this information:


FULL NAMES: __________________________________
OCUPATION:____________________________
COUNTRY: _____________________________________
ADDRESS: _____________________________________
Mobile_______________________________
TEL/FAX:Mobile _______________________________
EMAIL: _______________________________________
REFERENCE NUMBER:_____________________________
BATCH NUMBER: ________________________________
Ticket No_____________________________________
Lucky No
Your age_____________

Please you are advised to file your claim immediately through our Processing Manager, Dr zuli benson to remit your winning fund to your account. Contact him immediately you receive this message because you stand a risk of loosing the prize if you fail to claim within( 25days) from the day you receive this notice.

His contact details are as follows...
NAME:Dr zuli benson
(claims manager)
Email:claims_m1@yahoo.com
Tel:+2773-2402-851

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.



Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.


Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards
Miss:Susan De-kurt.
( PRO )
SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTERY UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.


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