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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "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.
  • saagentms@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3asaagentms@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "2010 NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION" <sa2010lp2@superposta.com>
Reply-To: saagentms@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:20:22 -0700
Subject: SUB-WINNING NOTIFICATION


*2010 WORLD CUP FIFA AWARD ORGANIZATION PROMOTION TEARM { SOUTH AFRICAN}
EXPRESS RESOURCES AWARD
SERVICES & PAYMENT INC.
Street Address,
8A Metropolitan
EC1M 5RJ. SOUTH AFRICAN *

** *SUB-WINNING NOTIFICATION

*THE SAZKA A.S INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKES
PROMOTION/PRIZE 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
final draws held to promote South Africa 2010 World Cup, by SAZKA A.S in
conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion.Your email
was among the 20 Lucky winners who won $500,000.00 Five Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars} each in the SAZKA/A.S COMPANY 2008 PROMOTION.

However the results were released today and your Email Address was attached
to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number BT:12052006/20) The online
draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an
exclusive list of 29,031,643 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate
bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the
internet.

However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) .

This Lottery is approved by the British/US/SA Gaming Board and also licensed
by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This
lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact the fiduciary
agent as stated below:

NAME: Mr. Rowland Howell

TEL:27-73-623-6603

FAX:27-86-614-8646
(CLAIMS AGENT).
Email:saagentms@gmail.com <Email%3Asaagentms@gmail.com>

www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/president/index.html
Please provide the following details for processing of your claim. And send
to your claiming agent. Mr. Rowland Howell

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 notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted. This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by some participants of this
program.

*Staff of SAZKA A.S and the British American Tobacco Company are not to
partake in this PROMOTION.

Accept our hearty congratulations once again!

Yours Faithfully,

Chairman Organizer
Mr Edward Richard
Management.

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