419 scam: south africa world cup <fr37win@hotmail.com> Congratulations! Your email address has won US$ 500,000.00

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

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.
- +27730113247 (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.
- larrynoor@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: south africa world cup <fr37win@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:10:51 +0200
Subject: Congratulations! Your email address has won US$ 500,000.00

SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY AWARD.
Congratulations! Your email address has won US$ 500,000.00

YOUR WINNING NUMBERSTICKET NUMBER: 74454774SERIAL NUMBER: 144-66584BATCH NUMBER: BT-4478474121P .

You are therefore directed to contact your agent immediately on receipt of this massage for quickened and urgent release of your wining fund. His contact
information is as follows:

NAME: Mr Larry Noor
TEL: +27730113247
EMAIL: larrynoor@yahoo.co.uk He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your winnings to you.
Yours Sincerely,
MR DANIEL ZUMA
_________________________________________________________________
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