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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +27866078222 (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.
  • willsonmalaki@aim.com
  • willsonmalaki2010@tsamail.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: LOTERYSBIDON LINEGAMESLTD <lotterysbidonlinegamesltd202@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 09:29:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FROM MRS ERICA HELEN CONGRATULATIONS!YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON
LOTTERY CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT URGENT


FROM THE DESK OF UNITED AFRICA FEDERATION PROMOTION MANAGER,
MRS ERICA HELEN
(Program Manager)
Ticket No: TB202010
Ballot No: BT22010/A
UNITED AFRICA FEDERATION 2010 PROMOTION AWARD

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Congratulations your e-mail address attached to Ticket TB202010 is among the nine lucky winners that won You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of $2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. each in the just concluded draw held to promote South African 2010 World Cup, sponsored by
UNITED STATES OF AFRICA and COCA COLA SOUTH AFRICA.
African federation has put this organization together to support the world cup that will be held in South Africa 2010.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through computer draws system and extracted from over 100, 000, 00 companies and personal e-mails. Your winning numbers No: 9, 17,18, 20,41,49. with bonus No:46 Ticket No:(7Y206) Ballot No: (BT/A)view the result, Winning numbers for Sat Aug 4 2007 draw, visit: http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=6 Confirm under Lotto 6/49.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your claims/winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you via telegraphic bank transfer to your nominated banking account.
For Further Information about your Winnings, contact our Fiduciary Agent:

Congratulations!

CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT. S.A
NAME: MR. WILLSON MALAKI
Telephone: 0027 9421052
TeleFax:+2786 607 8222.

willsonmalaki@aim.com
willsonmalaki2010@tsamail.co.za

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agent immediatly with this information:

Date Of Birth_________________
Name ___________________________________Surnames (if different) ____________________________________
Address________________________________________
Your emails:___________________________________________________________
City___________________________State__________________________ZipCode _________Telephone______________________________
Occupation _________________________________________Occupation______________________________________________________
Business Name and Address_______________________________________________________BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER___________________________________________________PHONE/MOBILE:_____________________________________________________________SEX_______________________ studying?________________________________________
Education Qualification___________________________________________________FAX_______________________
Have You Visited South Africa ?___________ If No When Will You Visit?_________
Your Email Attached to Ticket No: (TB202010) and ballot No: BT22010/A)

NOTE:
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours Sincerely,
MRS ERICA HELEN
UNITED AFRICA FEDERATION PROGRAM AWARD.
Copyright © 1994-2008 The Unity Africa lottery Awards Promotion Inc. All rights
reserved. Terms Service e -Guideline
Open 7 days 7am-7pm.


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