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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +27865122913 (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.
  • kalio1000@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3akalio1000@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "kosoresult4 Gazeta.pl" <kosoresult4@gazeta.pl>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:46:48 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


>From : Mr TSHEPO HADEBE.
Euro,Afro,American ,Sweepstake
Lottery Headquarters: 1a, Bexon
Court Carlton Nottinghamshire
Nottingham NG4 1SQ a
Essex United Kingdom
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/03
Batch: 15/03/MH34
WINNING NOTIFICATION
Atten: Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro - Afro American Global
Lottery Iternational programs held on the 23rd June 2008 in Essex United
Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 188
with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 59/84/26/17/35, which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00
(Eighty Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited
to file PC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US $1100,000,00
Million dollars, shared amongst the first One
Hundred and thirty (130) lucky winners in this category world-wide as an aid
for poverty alleviation. Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your
play coupon. In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty
Thousand United States Dollars)
would be released to you by our bank.
Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were
selected randomly from World
Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 10,000,00

companies. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
is processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is
part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our banking
attorney (Lawyer) immediately you read this message for quick and urgent
release of your fund , his contact information is as follow:-
Name: Barrister Greg Kalio
Direct Line : + 27-780-2498-70
Direct Fax: +27-86-5122-913
email:kalio1000@yahoo.com <email%3Akalio1000@yahoo.com>
Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before Last week
of Junly, 2008. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote
your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of
this program that has successfully won this competition .
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Mr TSHEPO HADEBE
United Kingdom Zonal Co-ordinator

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