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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:
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • mrbarryphilsa2010@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mmmldraw006 Gazeta.pl" <mmmldraw006@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mrbarryphilsa2010@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:30:14 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! TO YOU THE RIGHTFUL WINNER.


* <http://www.treasurethemoments.org/congrat5.jpg>*
**
*MASTER MEGA MILLION *
*LOTTERY * * * * *
*YOU HAVE JUST WON*
** *US$720,000.00 *
** *(SEVEN HUNDRED & TWENTY THOUSAND, UNITED STATES DOLLARS) *
*[image: South African Flag](MMMLSA)[image: South African Flag]*
**
** *PLEASE CALL MR. BARRY PHILIMON*
** *Now*
* On Telephone Number
0027 79 370 5775
**SPECIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION*
** *... BE NOTIFIED THAT ON... *
* 3RD OF JULY 2008*
** *YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SELECTED ON *
*THE COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL BALLOT SYSTEM DRAW, AS ONE OF THE WINNING EMAIL
ADDRESS ON THE INTERNET COMPUTER LOTTERY DRAW.*
*THE PROGRAM WAS HELD BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN LEADING LOTTERY ORGANIZATION,
INCONJUNCTION WITH FIFA SUPPORT AFRICAN TEAM, KNOWN AS...*
** *...MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY*
* THERE WAS A COMPUTER BALLOT DRAW WHICH QUALIFIED YOU AS ONE OF THE WINNER
OF THE SUM OF
* *US$720,000.00*
** *(SEVEN HUNDRED & TWENTY THOUSAND, UNITED STATES DOLLARS)*
**
** *PLEASE NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET LOTTERY SCAMS, WE WILL ADVISE
YOU TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE GIVING TO YOU BY MR. BARRY
PHILIMON AND TO ENABLE YOU CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO
THAT THE SCAMMERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET YOUR WINNING INFORMATION.*

*FOR YOUR INFORMATION BELOW IS YOUR WINNING INFORMATION THAT WON YOU THIS
PRIZE IN THE SECOND CATEGORY:*
*WINNING NUMBERS: 7,14,18, **28,31 & BONUS 37*
*INSURANCE NUMBERS:MMM3/113/SART88*
*REFERENCE NUMBERS:MMM3-SARM-FIFLL373*
*BATCH NUMBERS: FIMM-354-TWDD77*
**
*TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM ,PLEASE CONTACT YOUR PROCESSING DIRECTOR AND CALL
HIM IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS NOTIFICATION AND FURNISH HIM WITH YOUR
WINNING INFORMATION AS STATED BELOW VIA HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AND ALSO SEND TO
HIM ANY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION COPY,EITHER YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR
NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD FOR THE PROCESSING:***
**
*REFERENCE NUMBERS:
BATCH NUMBERS:*
*WINNERS INFORMATIONS*
*1. FULL NAMES:
...............................................................
2. ADDRESS:
.....................................................................
3. SEX:
.................................................................................
4. AGE:
................................................................................
5. MARITAL STATUS:.....................................................
6.OCCUPATION: ..............................................................
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER:.............................................
8. FAX NUMBER: .............................................................
9. E-MAIL ADDRESS:......................................................
10. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:..............................................
11. AMOUNT TO BE CLAIMED......................................*
**
*MR. BARRY PHILIMON*
*PROCESSING DIRECTOR*
*EAGLE TREASURE SA*
*JOHANNESBURG 2001*
*EMAIL: *
* mrbarryphilsa2010@yahoo.com <mrbarryphilsa2010@yahoo.com>*
*TELE: 0027 79 370 5775*
*FAX: 0027 86 445 3326*

*THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT TO YOU BY:*
** *THE CHAIRMAN, LOTTERY ORGANIZER,*
*MR. JABULANI THABO
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION,
MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY. *
*6115 LILIAN ROAD, FORDSBURG, 2092*
** *P O BOX 906171 *
*MARSHALL TOWN 2107,*
*JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA*
** **
*MASTER MEGA-MILLION LOTTERY*
** **
*BRIEF WINNING INFORMATION:*
** **
*There was a computer ballot that was organized by the MASTER MEGA-MILLION
LOTTERY here in South Africa.* *It was not an individual lotto playing, but
the computer itself picked out from all over the world. 1,000,000 email
addresses was selected and picked from the Internet, so those email
addresses of Participants that was selected and picked from the internet
were again selected through a computer ballot system drawn from among the
1,000,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the
world, this is called the computer ballot.* *And 7 email addresses was
finally picked out from among the total 1,000,000 email addresses, and out
of those 7 email addresses, your email address is one of the those that won
on the ballot.*
*You have to note that this program is being sponsured by the FIFA SUPPORT
AFRICAN TEAM, to creat awareness for the up-coming 2010 World Cup, which is
to be host by South Africa.
*
[image:
South African Flag]

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