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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
• 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)
• 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.
  • +27738452918 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERY INTERTIONAL" <caninter2@tulsaemail.com>
Reply-To: claims@interlt.co.za
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:47:14 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS AND WINNING NOTIFICATION OF $1,000,000.00


**
**
* LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME
Ref. File No.: KPC/9030108308/08
Batch: 15/76/EF36
Serial No: SALP97585
July 2006 Edition *
**
*From The Desk of Mrs. Rosemary Moyo *
*(An Independent Draw Auditors & Management Co-ordinators)*
*Euro/Afro/ Asia/America International Lottery *
*Promotional Programme Award.*
*# Lotteries Headquarters: 31, Brixon Court,
Carlton East Gate,
Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.*
*SUB "LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION"*
**
*Attn: Winner**,*

Congratulations!!! We wishes to use this medium to officially notify you on
the final notification that your Name and/or Company has being selected
among the 100 Star/Lucky Winners Worldwide for the South African National
Lotteries Promotional Programme based on the South African 2010 World
Cuphosting as announced on Saturday, 15 May, 2004 by FIFA in Zurich,
Switzerland to be played in South Africa in 2010. You're Name, Email address
and/or Companies Name attached to the Ticket Number: (B9665 75608567 775)
with! BATCH NUMBER: 15/76/EF36 and SERIAL NUMBER (SALP97585) drew the
winning: (04/13/21/27/36/38-45) in this Month's Lottery Result, which
subsequently won you the Lottery Award Winner in the 2nd Category of this
Lottery Programme. All participants were selected randomly from the
Worldwide Business and/or Trade Journals, Web-Site & Email addresses through
Computer Super Draw System and extracted from over 1.000.000 (One Million)
individual Emails, Companies and Corporate Organizations Names and Addresses
as listed from their various Country's Trade and Investment Journals in
their Web-site from Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe, New Zealand and
Australia, North - South and Central America to promote this Lottery
Programme Award by the Independent Lottery Draw Auditors.
You're Name and Ref. File Number has therefore been approved to claim a
Total Sum of *US$1.000.000.00<http://mail2web.com/cgi-bin/redir.asp?lidMillion United
States Dollars)* in cash credited to REF. FILE NO# (KPC/9030108308/08). This
is from the Total Cash Prize of
*US$100.000.000.00<http://mail2web.com/cgi-bin/redir.asp?lidHundred Million United
States Dollars)* Jackpot to be shared among the first 100 (One Hundred)
LUCKY WINNERS in the 2nd Category Worldwide this year 2008 in this Lottery
Programme. Please note that your Lucky Winning Numbers falls within our
Lottery Booklet Representative office here in Johannesburg, South Africa as
indicate in the Play Coupon of the National Lotteries Board Commission Award
in Johannesburg, South African Regional Office of this Lotteries Board. In
view of this, your
*US$1.000.000.00<http://mail2web.com/cgi-bin/redir.asp?lidMillion United
States Dollars)* would be released to you by our Accredited Representative "
*Lottery Consultant Claim Agent *" immediately he commences the processes to
facilitate the release and transferring of your funds as soon as you contact
him as allocated and insured under your Ref. File Numbers, approved and
signed as the beneficiary to this fund in your name. Also your claim award
included with Free Flight Ticket and Seven (7) Days Hotel Reservation in one
of the Five Star Hotels during the World Cup Festive in 2010.
This Lottery Programme took place to promote the South African 2010 World
Cup hosting as announced by FIFA in Zurich Switzerland to be played in South
Africa in 2010. For Security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information *CONFIDENTIAL* till your claims are processed and your money
remitted to you for being one of our Lucky Winners of this Lottery prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements. (Please
be warned). To file for your claim, please contact one of our
Accredited/Authorized Representatives *Lottery *
**
*Consultant Claim Agent* immediately.
His contact information is as follows:
*Name:mr: James Fitzgerald*
*Tel: +27 738 452 918 <skype:+27738452918?origin=IETB>
E-mail:claims@interlt.co.za<http://mail2web.com/cgi-bin/compose.asp?mb=&mp=P&mps*
**
*YOU ARE TO SEND THE FOLLOWING DETAILS TO MR.JAMES FITZGERALD FOR
THE SO THAT SHE WILL PRESENT TO THE PAYMENT DEPARTMENT.*
*
Full Legal Name:......................................
Complete Mailing Address:............................
Country Of Residence:..............................
Nationality:............................................
Sex:.................................................
Marital Status:.....................................
Age:........................................
Occupation:.............................................
Tel:.......................................
Fax: ............................................
Ticket Number: .....................................
Batch Number:..................................
Reference Serial Number:...............................
Amount Won..............................................*

Please be informed that the entire winning prize must be claimed on or
before 30 days of this notification. To avoid unnecessary delays and
complications. Kindly quote your Reference/Batch Numbers in any
correspondences with our designated Consultant Claim Agent. Thanks for being
part of this International Lottery Promotional Programme and for your
participation in this Lottery Programme. "*Age Restriction of under 18 yrs
applied*".
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation. Approved, Dispatched and Signed:
Yours Faithfully,
*Mrs. Rosemary Moyo*
(*Zonal Co-ordinator Sec.) ** *
on Behalf of *Mr. Rudolf Phillip Markhams*.
(*Zonal Co-oridinator*)
**

*

[image: Nelson Mandela]
Congratulations from the Staff & Members of the
National Lottery Board Commission
[image: Abraham, Vicki] [image: Savery,
Aldwin]
Mrs. Rosemary Moyo Dr. Woodroffe Adams
(Zonal Co-ordinator Sec.) (Board Member)

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