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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:
  • "universal crossing sa"
• 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.
  • +27735534434 (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.
  • claim_prize110@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Team Poker Team Poker <team_poker702@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:33:26 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOUR E-MAIL HAS BEEN SELECTED


16TH OCTOBER 2007YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THECOMPUTER PROMOTIONAL DRAW FOR YEAR 2007 THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS ANDPRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT POKER GAMES ONLINE PROMOTIONSYOU HAVE WON ON THE COMPUTER BALLOT, THE SUM OF US$2,783,000.00 PLEASE CONTACT(MR. JOHN MORGN)YOUR CLAIMS DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENTON PHONE +27-73-553-4434E-MAIL: claim_prize110@hotmail.com PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made today 16th October 2007, of winners of the POKER GAMES ONLINE PROMOTIONS, as part of our promotional draws. HELD ON 21st August2007.Participants were selected through a Computer Ballot System Drawn from 2,600,000.00 Email Addresses of Individuals and Companies from all part of the world as part of our Electronic Business Promotions Program.
Note that your email address qualified for the draw, as a result of your visiting various websites as we are running the E-Business Promotions in every month. You/Your Company Email Address, attached to Ticket Number 2-23-29-32-37-50, with Serial Number 8880/07 drew the Lucky Numbers 5-43-33-38-25 PGOP 71 and Bonus number 5 and consequently YOU HAVE won in the Second Category.
REFERENCE NUMBER: ZAR/PGOP-7771532/ZA2007BATCH NUMBER: ZAR/332831323/N222-33

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,783,000.00 (Two Million Seven Hundred and Eighty Three Thousand United States Dollars only) in cash credited to file PGOP/2040211245/2007. This is from a total cash prize of US$15,100,000.00 (Fifteen Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars Only), shared amongst the first One Hundred and Thirty (130) Lucky Winners in Second category.
CONGRATULATIONS!To begin your claim, urgently contact your Claims Department through the below Information:MR. JOHN MORGANPOKER GAMES ONLINE PROMOTIONSTEL: +27-73-553-4434E-MAIL: claim_prize110@hotmail.com

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your Reference and Batch Numbers and other information provided above and below in every one of your correspondences with your Claims Department. POKER GAMES ONLINE PROMOTIONS IS A BONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE 2010 SOCCER WORLD THAT WILL BE HOST BY SOUTH AFRICA. Congratulations'' once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions Program. Yours Truly,Mrs. Rita T. MaxwellPromotions ManagerPoker Bonus Online Promotions1002 Poker Bonus HouseEastern Cape, 2001South Africa. UNIVERSAL CROSSING SAGOES INTERNATIONALAS THE 2010 WORLD CUPWILL BE HOSTED BYSOUTH AFRICA. THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSORED BY:SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY AND SUPPORTED BY: (Federation Internationale de Football Association) FIFA SUPPORT.
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