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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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)
  • ",500,000" (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.
  • +27866553087 (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.
  • jefferyradebe@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: gidani lottery <g_game_98@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:30:43 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON!!! US$1,950,000.00




GIDANI LOTTERY,
International Promotions/Prize Award Department,
Postal Address:P O Box 671425 Craighall, 2024 South Africa

REF: ZAR/311182534/2007 BATCH: ZAR/4272944/2007
Ticket No 2-23-29-32-37-50 Lucky No 43-33-38-21-22 bonus 5


ATTENTION:PRIZE WINNER



We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 8th November 2007 as one of the lucky winners of GIDANI LOTTERY (GL), in conjunction with/South African Football Association (SAFA) to promote the first ever soccer world cup in Africa which will be held 2010 in South Africa,

Participants in the draws were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

You are qualified for this draw as a result of you visiting various websites we are running the Electronic-business promotions for You/Your Company e-mail address attached with REFERENCE NUMBER: ZAR/311182534/2007, BATCH NUMBER: ZAR/4272944/2007 TICKET NUMBER: 2-23-29-32-37-50 LUCKY NUMBER: 43-33-38-21-22 bonus 5 and consequently won in the second quarter of the 2007 year draw.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of (One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars ) US$1,950,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$13,650,000.00 shared among the seven international winners in the third category.

(CONGRATULATIONS!)

Your winnings should be claimed from our Claims Manager as we have notified them. Due to the mix-up that may arise from emails of winners and numbers we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year (2007) high stakes US$1.1 billion International Lottery. To begin your claim, you are advised to contact urgently, your claims manager through the below information:


Mr. Jeffery Radebe
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
Email: jefferyradebe@webmail.co.za
TEL: (+ 27-79-220-6876)
FAX: (+27-86-655-3087)

For due processing and remittance of your prize money, remember you must contact your claim manager not later than two weeks. Otherwise all funds will be returned as unclaimed. And, should there be any change in your email address, do inform your claims manager as soon as possible.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every of your correspondences with your Claims Manager.


Also to begin your Claims send to your claims agent the following information by email:

NAME: _______________________________________ ADDRESS: ____________________________________ OCUPATION____________________________________
AGE:________________________________________COUNTRY: _____________________________________ TEL/FAX: ______________________________________ MOBILE: _______________________________________ EMAIL: ________________________________________ REFERENCE NUMBER: _____________________________
ID COPY:_______________________________________BATCH NUMBER: _________________________________ Ticket No________________________________________ Lucky No________________________________________

Once again we say congratulation and thanks for being part of our Promotions program.

Yours sincerely,

Online Co-coordinator
Gidani Lottery.


N.B. This is a computer-generated message. Please do not reply to this mail since we will be unable to answer. Contact your Claims Manager by Email, Fax or Phone immediately. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Anybody below the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
GIDANI LOTTERY IS A BONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE 2010 SOCCER WORLD

Congratulations'' once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.


MANAGEMENT: MRS. VICTORIA BOTHA



THANKS


THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSURED BY: SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY. AND SUPPORTED BY: (F餩ration Internationale de Football Association) FIFA
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