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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:
  • "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 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.
  • fifa1@winning.com
  • 1@winning.com
  • drsaintwool@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: saintwool <drsaintwool@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:48:48 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER


2010 WORLD CUP FIFA AWARD ORGANIZATION (Blatter: Africa is opening itself=
up) [http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/president/news/newsid=3D64747=
4.html#blatter+africa+opening+itself]2010 WORLD CUP FIFA AWARD ORGANIZATIO=
N PROMOTION TEARM { SOUTH AFRICA)EXPRESS RESOURCES AWARDSERVICES & PAYMENT=
INC. Street Address,8A Metropolitan Rd London=20
EC1M 5RJ. United Kingdom=20
Email: fifa1@winning.com [http://us.f599.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose=3FTo=3Dfifa=
1@winning.com] THE SAZKA A.S INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKESPROMOTION/PR=
IZE AWARD FIFA 2010 WORLD CUP
DEPT: SAZKA A.S AVENUE
FIFA SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual fi=
nal draws held to promote South Africa 2010 World Cup, by SAZKA A.S in con=
junction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion.Your email =
was among the 20 Lucky winners who won $700,000.00 seven Hundred Thousand =
United State Dollars} each in the SAZKA/A.S COMPANY 2008 PROMOTION.=20
However the results were released today and your Email Address was attache=
d to ticket number (7PWYZ2008) and ballot number BT:12052008/20) The onlin=
e draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exc=
lusive list of 29,031,643 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bo=
dies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the inter=
net.=20
However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to dif=
ferent ticket numbers for representation and privacy.=20
=20
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our comp=
uterized email selection machine (TOPAZ) .
This Lottery is approved by the British/US/SA Gaming Board and also licens=
ed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This l=
ottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.=20
To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact the fiducia=
ry agent as stated below: NAME: Dr. SAINT WOOL(CLAIMS AGENT). No.10 Luis B=
otha Avenue Sandton Johannesburg South Africa
Email: drsaintwool@yahoo.com [mailto:drsaintwool@yahoo.com]Phone +27 73- 7=
96-6806 www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/president/index.html [http://www=
.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/president/index.html] Please provide the fo=
llowing details for processing of your claim. And send to your claiming ag=
ent. Dr. Saint Wool.
NAME:...............................
ADDRESS:..........................
NATIONALITY:....................AMOUNT WON:....................
SEX:...................................
AGE:...................................
PHONE/MOBILE:..................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:.....................
COMPANY:..........................
TICKETS/BALLOT:............... Due to possible mix up of some numbers and =
email contacts, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notic=
e until your claim has been processed and your money remitted. This is par=
t of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts b=
y some participants of this program.
*Staff of SAZKA A.S and the British American Tobacco Company are not to pa=
rtake in this PROMOTION.=20
=20
Accept our Hearty congratulations once again!=20
=20
Yours Faithfully, Chair Man Organizing Mr Buda alfred.Management.=20


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