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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million 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)
• 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.
  • +27829518801 (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.
  • sitholehenry@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Stella Mangwana <smangwana-8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <stellamangwana@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 17:19:36 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION WINNING NOTIFICATION










CONGRATULATIONS!!!

SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP 2010 FREE LOTTERY DRAWS
HEADQUARTERS. ZURICH SWITZERLAND.
PO Box 1010




Dear Winner

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Free Lottery draw held on the 3rd December 2007. All 10 winners email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 20,000,000, 00 international emails. World cup Draw. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total payout of USD$ 1, 000, 000, 00 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS) only. Your email address emerged along side 9 others as a category to the winners in this end of the year's Lottery Program which will be holding once every year till the 2010 finals in South Africa .

The world cup lottery 2010 is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, Coca Cola, Nokia, MTN, Intel Group, Toyota , Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh and mostly by the South African Government. The world cup free lottery draw is held once a year and is so organized to encourage the use of internet and computers and most proudly to advertise the South Africa 2010 World Cup world bid wide. We are proud to say that over US $ 20 Million are won annually in more than 150 countries world wide.


Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of USD$1,000,000.00 (One million dollars) only. The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

WINNINIG NOTIFICATION

(i) Winning numbers: 47-17-43-89-67-11(ii) email ticket number: FL767/44/76(iii) lotto code number: FL09644CH (IV) the file Ref number: FL/011/736707162/ZA

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till you claim your prize money. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Please Contact Your Claim Agent For Your Payment:
CONTACT PERSON: Park Hurst , Balfour-Unit 1440,JOHANNESBURG, GAUTENG 2001,REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA .TELEPHONE: +27829518801 E-MAIL: sitholehenry@gmail.com







CONGRATULATIONS!!!



South African President




Sincerely, Mrs Stella Mangwana.
Promotions ManagerWorld cup 2010
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