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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million 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)
  • "u.k " (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 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.
  • 3dlotfirm003@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: hssd hssd <hssd77@web.de>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:36:24 +0200
Subject: LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION








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FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
EUROPEAN/UK/S.A.UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
BID SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY
AWARD DEPARTMENT.UNITED KINGDOM/SOUTH AFRICA(Customer Services)

*: DR TONY ZAMA*
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily annouce to you the draw of South African 2010 World Cup Bid Lot=
tery Award International programs held in U.K your "email address" was att=
ached to ticket number;B9665 75604546 199 serial number 97560 This batch d=
raws the lucky numbers as follows 60/84/27/17/36, bonus number 2, which co=
nsequently won the lottery in the second category.

Your name have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,000.00=
0.00(Two million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/90301=
08308/03 .This is from a total cash prize of US $ 30,000,000.00 (Thirty mi=
llion United States dollars) shared among the first 200 lucky winners in t=
his category world-wide.

All participants "email address" were selected through a computer ballotin=
g system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia,Uni=
ted States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our in=
ternational promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies an=
d some other EU governmental personalities part of their social responsibi=
lity to promote South African 2010 world cup award. the citizens in the co=
mmunities where they have operational base.
For you to CLAIM your prizes MONEY, kindly fill the verification form belo=
w And forward it to YOUR CLAIM AGENT TO THIS INFORMATION.His Duty is to as=
sist in transferring your WINNING MONET to your account CLAIM AGENT INFORM=
ATION 1) NAME=3DMR WILLIAM Monte 2,EMAIL=3Dlotfirm003@hotmail.com 3) PHONE=3D+ 2=
7-734-435-618=20
VERIFICATION FORM:=20
1.) FULL NAME:=20
2.) AGE: 3.) SEX:=20
4.) ADDRESS:=20
5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:=20
6.) STATE/PROVINCE:=20
7.) COUNTRY:=20
8.) PHONE: 9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:=20
10.) COMPANY:=20
11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:12.) TICKET NUMBER:13.) SERIAL NUMBER:
The lottery program took place to promote South African 2010 world cup awa=
rd.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confi=
dential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize relea=
sed to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming a=
nd unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unof=
ficial personnel.

Congratulations on your winnings!!!

Yours faithfully,
DR TONY ZAMA
Online Co-coordinator
EUROPEAN.UK .SOUTH AFRICAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.


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*http://www.produkte.web.de/messenger/=3Fdid=3D3015* [http://www.produkte.web.=
de/messenger/=3Fdid=3D3015]

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