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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:
  • "global mega lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +27839565147 (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.
  • josekadimo@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Global Mega Lottery <glomeglott19@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:38:34 +0200
Subject: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON YOU CASH PRIZE.




>From the desk of the Foreign
Operation manager Global
Mega Lottery: Universal Building
234, Woodmead Street 9th Floor,
Johannesburg, South Africa.

Dear Selected Winner,

GLOBAL MEGAL LOTTERY LUCKY DRAW NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you that you have won a cash prize of US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in our online Sweepstakes International program.

Selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized e-mail selection system from a database of over 250,000.00 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world, which your e-mail address was among the first Nine (9) lucky winners picked in the final draw.

Please note that: your total winning fund of US$820,000.00 is now deposited with the Global Omega Finance and Security Company insured with your e-mail which won you the prize.

In view of this, you are advised to contact your accredited Claim Agent with the following details, so that he will re-insure your money with your full names.

Contact Person: Mr. Jose Kadimo
Mobile: +27 83 956 5147
E-mail: josekadimo@yahoo.com
Office: T. 220A-2060HT, Lonehill
Santon Johannesburg,
South Africa.

This Raffle Draw was organized by the Global Mega Lottery (GML) in conjunction with the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the 2010 World Cup, this is to create awareness for the World Cup, as South Africa is finalizing their preparation for the hosting of the 2010 World Cup.

To avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program from any member of the society who are not the rightful winner, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your winning money remitted to you.

Below are your winning details: -

(1) Computer Draws Number: GML/107
(2) E-mail Code Number: 195SN/2010/ILGC/LOC/ZA
(3) Jackpot Winner Number: 9,12,21,27,39,42+44
(4) Winning Insurance Policy Number: OMIC/GMLP/3371/ZA
(5) Insurance Company Name: Old Mutual Insurance Company
(6) Reference number: GLOR-39-4025-P
(7) Batch Number: 7490-26004-ZZA

Congratulations once more from members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Yours Truly, Dr. Steve BallamForeign Operation Manager
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