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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:
  • "fifa world cup lottery" (no such lottery exists)
  • "parkhaust, balfour unit 1440" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand 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)
• 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.
  • +27833502499 (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.
  • chrismaymaij3@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: natn lott <natnlott3@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 17:10:24 +0900
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!



FROM THE LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE SOUTH AFRICA 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP LOTTERY PROMOTION.
HEADQUARTERS OFFICE: 210-211 UNIVERSAL BUILDING PARKHAUST, BALFOUR UNIT 1440 JOHANNESBURG-SOUTH AFRICA.

CONGRATULATION

We are happy to inform you that the result of the South African 2010 Fifa World Cup Lottery draws held recently in Durban-South Africa in which YOUR NAME and E-MAIL ADDRESS attached to Ticket Number: 7017-4162-1018 with! Serial Number:MH4710019 and BATCH NO:18/006/1094/LIPDA/SL,Drew the Winning Numbers:80,35,11,72,90,41 and Bonus number 1, and Insurance Number:KISCS433/2010SNLP/2007 which subsequently won you the lottery award in the 2nd category.

Your name has therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$ 500, 000, 00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to File Number KPC/9030108308/07. This is from a total cash prize of (US$ 200,000,000.00) shared among the first 200 Hundred and lucky winners in this category world-wide. In view of this, your US$ of US$ 500, 000, 00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by the bank immediately. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web-site through computer draw system and extracted from over (100, 000, 000, 00) companies and individual emails address. The lottery program took place to promote South Africa 2010 Fifa World Cup Host.

To file for your claim, kindly contact the Director of Claims Office immediately for verifications and release of your Total Winning Prize Money on this information below:

NAME: MR.CHRIS MAYA
TELEPHONE NUMBER: + 27 83 350 2499
FAX NUMBER: + 27 11 507 5586
EMAIL ADDRESS: chrismaymaij3@yahoo.com
OFFICE ADDRESS: 270 CROWNWOOD RD, EVANS PARK ORMONDE, JOHANNESBURG-SOUTH AFRICA.

Please be informed that all winning Prize must be claimed on or before 21 working days of this notification. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference, batch or file numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this organization.

Signed: Former President Nelson Mandela (Chairman)
Molefi OLIPHANT (President)
Danny JORDAAN (Chief Executive Officer)

Thank you,
Mr. Morris Johnson
(P R O) South African 2010 World Cup Lottery.

Copyright © 1994-2007 the South African National Lottery Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline 77635 476378 255667460.
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