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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:
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
• 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.
  • +447031845038 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448709748381 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +27739519999 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +27866648324 (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.
  • nationallotto007@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "johnmoyo03@gmail.com" <peoplesearchlotto1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:24:19 +0200
Subject: EMAIL USER BENEFIT 2008:CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON LOTTERY PROMOTIONS! PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICE


*Dear Recepient, *
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*[image: Yahoo! Mail]* CONGRATULATES YOU!**
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*YOU WON £900,000*
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*Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is
randomly selected as the one of 5 top winners accounts who will get cash
prizes from us. *
*We are glad to inform you that your emails have won a whopping prize
money of £900,000 (Nine Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds ) Lottery Win
Promotions which is organized by Yahoo mails in conjuction with Email
Directories Search Service

Yahoo! collects all the e mails ID of the people that are online on yahoo
mail,msn,hotmail and others affiliated emails amongst the millions that
subscribed to msn/hotmail mail & other sites.Only 20 users are randomly
selected as our winners through electronic balloting System without the
winner applying,we are congratulating you for been one of the people
selected. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia,
United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.*

*This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Further more
your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office
in United Kingdom,as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
£900,000 will be released to you from this Regional Branch office in
UK or South
Africa*
*We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for US$1.3 Billion International draw.*
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*HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE ** *

*These are your Identification Numbers:
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your web site!]
Batch Number...................... Lwh 09445
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* Winning Numbers................... 12,08,37,17*


*You are requested to contact EVENTS CLAIMS MANAGER, send your winning
identification numbers to with this contact address below:
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*MR Czar Emiliano*
*National Lotto Inc.
2nd Floor,UNITY BLD
187 Govan Mbeki Street,Port Elizabeth 6001,RSA
Tel: +27 73 951 9999
Fax: +27 86 664 8324
EMAIL:nationallotto007@yahoo .com
<http://us.f458.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=EMAIL:nationallotto007@yahoo.com>
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*You are therefore advised to send the following information to the CLAIMS
AGENCY to facilitate and process the transfer of your money **:*

*KINDLY FURNISH US WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION*

*1.FULL NAME
2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3.PRESENT ADDRESS
4.SEX
5.DATE OF BIRTH
6.AGE
7.OCCUPATION
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER
9. FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)
10.MARITAL STATUS
11.WINNING NUMBER,AND BATCH NUMBER RESPECTIVELY.
12. AMOUNT WON
13.THE MONTH YOU WON*
*14. HOW DO YOU FEEL BEING A WINNER?*




*As soon as you effectted contact , you will be advise you on what to do
in order to get your prize money. *
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*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 double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by
non-participant or unofficial personnel *


*Congratulations once more!!*

*Yours Sincerely*






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*Dr BARRY SMITH
National Co-ordinator.
Yahoo People Search Lotto Promotions
Barley House,Hard Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te
United Kingdom
Website: www.yahoo.com***
*Tel +44 703 184 5038*
*Fax:+44 870 974 8381*
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Yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com/> Copyright(c) 2008 by National promotional
ticket award program.

* 19941 2010 20052 006078910*
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*PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS. ALL CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE
FORWARDED TO THE REGIONAL EVENT MANAGER TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CONTACT
DETAILS*

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