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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")
• 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.
  • +27866622373 (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.
  • fair1413@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • fair1314@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ONLINE LOTTERY PROMOTION <fair20040za@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rcd@webmail.co.za>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:54:04 +0200
Subject: YOU HAVE WON 2008 ONLINE LOTTERY PROMOTION TEAM.





2008 ONLINE LOTTERY PROMOTION AWARD.


Phone: + 27- 72-369-0497
Email:fair1413@hotmail.com

Congratulations!

The Online Lottery Promotion is proud to inform you that you have won US$ 1,950,000.00.(ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY)

Why you have won, ONLINE LOTTERY collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to INTERNET, we only select 19 people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying for the lottery or purchase the tickect, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

Your E-mail address is one of 19 lucky Addresses who have won in the Month Promotion.

I wish to congratulate you on your victory; Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Stated below are your identification numbers:

Details on the Winnings

BATCH NUMBER: WIN/8888/1010/PP.
REFERENCE NUMBER: BB/123/BB/7070
PIN: 9090
FILE NUMBER: FLIE//6767/1312.
SECURITY CODE:2007/2008

You are required to forward the details of winning to the Claim Agent to help facilitate the processing of your claims.



Remember, you must contact your claim agent Mr. Eric Mambo, Call him claim your prize.

send your reference and batch number and all the above information’s to the claim agent through email address and call him to let him know that you have contacted him through email.

For claiming of your prize and remember to quote your reference and Batch Number for easy processing of your prize. That's it!

Contact The Claim Agent Mr. Eric Mambo with Below Informations.

For further confirmation Please contact Claim agent office at .

CLAIM AGENT OFFICE CONTACT.

MR. ERIC MAMBO
Claim Agent.
Phone: + 27- 72-369-0497
Fax: +27-86-662-2373.
Email: fair1314@hotmail.com
Country:South Africa.


You have to note that the FIFA SUPPORT AFRICAN TEAM in CONJUNCTION WITH SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL GAMBLING BOARD,to create awareness for the upcoming 2010 FIFA world Cup, which is to be host by South Africa, is sponsoring this program.

Congratulations once again.

IT IS OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION THAT HEROES USUALLY EMERGE.




Regards.

MRS CANDY FREE.
Promotion Manager/.
ONLINE LOTTERY AND WINDOW LIVE AWARD.
Phone: + 27- 72-369-0497
Email: fair1314@hotmail.com
Email: fair1413@hotmail.com
Country: South Africa.


Contact your claim officer with details above




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