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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:
  • "2010 lottery organization" (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +27787427668 (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.
  • helpdesk2010directors@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP 2010 LOTTERY" <worldcupclaimsdept@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:12:55 -0800
Subject: END OF YEAR WINNER!

FROM: THE DIRECTOR OF THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP 2010 FREE LOTTERY DRAWS
REFERENCE NUMBER: ZAR/39224059/2007
BATCH NUMBER: 15/435070/PL/ZA

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the WORLD CUP 2010 LOTTERY ORGANIZATION International promotion SA programs held on the 17th of DECEMBER, 2007. Your e-mail address attached to Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11 with Email ticket number: FL754/22/76, which consequently won in the 3ND category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of $1, 720,000:00 (ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in cash credited to file number ZAR/39224059/2007.

To file for your claim, please contact our financial agent:
MR. RAYMOND HACK.
TEL: +27-78-742-7668
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: helpdesk2010directors@yahoo.com
====================================================================
APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM (Receipt Official Notification Letter)
[WINNING NO 1013AP-4]
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[FULL NAME OF WINNER]
[FULL MAILING ADDRESS]
[COUNTRY/ REGION]
[STATE/ PROVINCE]
[DATE OF BIRTH]
[SEX]
[MARITAL STATUS]
[OCCUPATION]
[CURRENT E-MAIL]
[TEL HOME]
[CELLPHONE NUMBER]
[FAX]

Submitted Form will be manually verified and processed by the assigned Claims Processing Officer (CPO) the Processing of your form will be Completed within the next 24 hours of receiving your LOTTERY CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM-C. You will receive an update on the status of your Application once completely processed.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Lynda Sandra
Director: Result department
Sweepstakes Free Lottery Promotion.
Director, Prize Disbursement Center
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© 2007 WORLD CUP LOTTERY. All rights reserved. Offer valid to winners who are at least 18 years of age. Void where prohibited. No purchase necessary to claim winning prize. You will need to meet all of the steps to redeem as outlined in the Terms & Conditions before you can receive your promotional prizes.

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