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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • +27732223816 (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.
  • michaelsilverchambersandassociat@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 <ms-saslot21@live.co.za>
Reply-To: <esquire@michaelsilverchambersandassociates.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:11:17 +0200
Subject: Congratulations! Your Email Won The Lottery Program On Second
Category



MOTTO: THINK OF THE NEEDY AROUND THE WORLD AS YOU WERE LUCKILY SELECTED
FROM: THE MANAGER INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT, MEGA LOTTERY WITH FIFA WORLDCUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD LOTTERY
677 MUTUAL PARK JAN SMUTS DRIVE, SOUTH AFRICA.
REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937 = BATCH NO: 2006AUGTL#76110B

YOU ARE WINNER NO: 20

RE: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
ATTENTION: OUR HONOURABLE WINNER,
MEGA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORLD LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN SOUTH AFRICA BEIGN THE HOST OF THE EVENT YEAR'S MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY WINNING PROGRAM HELD ON THE 25th OF NOVEMBER 2007 AT THE NELSON MANDELA SQUARE - SANDTON - JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO OUR DRAW WITH SERIAL NUMBER S/N-00168 AND IT DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 3, 8, 13, 22, 27, 41 Bonus Number 12 AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE SECOND CATEGORY OF THE DRAW. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUM OF $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR) ONLY PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF. NO: MSW-L/200-26937. THIS IS FROM THE TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $125,000,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS SHARED AMONG ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE (125) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN SECOND CATEGORY ALONE.
ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM TEN MILLION CONSTANT E-MAIL USERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WITH EACH CONTINENT IN PARTICIPATION, AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM" WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MICROSOFT USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE SOUTH AFRICA FIFA WORLD CUP BID 2010.
YOUR FUND HAS BEEN INSURED WITH ONE OF OUR SPONSORS-OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE AND WILL BE PAID TO YOU BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER (TT) THROUGH OUR AFRICA CLAIM AGENT (DETAILS BELOW).
Your Serial Number. S/N-00168 Your lucky draw Numbers are. 3, 8, 13, 22, 27, 41 Bonus Number 12 Your INSURANCE Number: FLS433/453L/GMSA
NOTE: THAT YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIM OFFICER FOR REFFERENCE PURPOSE, THROUGH THE CONTACT DETAILS CONTAINED HEREIN. QUOTE YOUR WINING NUMBERS AND NO. 19. AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL, QUOTE ALSO THIS SECURITY CODE: MSW/AUG/XX06 TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT TO AVOID MISAPPROPRIATION .
CLAIM AGENT: Barr. Michael Silver Esq.
TELL : +27 732 223 816
EMAILS : esquire@michaelsilverchambersandassociates.com : michaelsilverchambersandassociat@yahoo.co.uk

REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE 21DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE OR FORFEITED TO GOVERNMENT TREASURY.
CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MEGA LOTTERY / THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. SINCERELY,

MRS. NAOMI SINGH (Co- coordinator).
OUR SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;MEGA LOTTERY, FIFA, EMIRATES AIRLINES, SOUTH AFRICAN AIRLINES, OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE, CHELSEA FC, BENITA GROUP, LUCIN GROUP, JULIUS BERGER, SAMSUNG ETC...
Endeavour to email your claim agent with the required datas below :

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.COUNTRY:_____________________________________________
3.RES ADDRESS:___________________________________________
4.SEX:_______________
5.AGE:________
6.OCCUPATION:___________________
7.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
8.BATCH NUMBER:____________________
9. WINNER NUMBER:______________
10.REF NUMBER:___________________________________
11. AMOUNT WON:___________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
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