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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:
  • "claims 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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • ",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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +447035901815 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • anderson.stanford1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ANDERSON STANFORD <johnson.taylor67@gmail.com>
Reply-To: anderson.stanford1@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:58:52 +0400
Subject: SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP 2010 FREE LOTTERY DRAW


SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP 2010 FREE LOTTERY DRAW
HEADQUARTERS. LIVERPOOL LONDON UK.
PO BOX 1010
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to announce you as one of the 10 lucky
winners in our Free Lotto Draw held by UTC/GMT is
22:18 on Monday 10th March, 2008. Your email address
emerged along side with the nine others as a category
of winners in this year's Annual free lottery draw.
All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected
from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails. You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$3,500,000.00 Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars).
In addition to your winning, you have been selected as
one of they 85 lucky winners to watch the Fifa World
Cup 2010 live in South Africa.
The World Cup 2010 Free Lottery Draw are proudly
sponsored by these famous companies: Adidas,Coca
Cola,Kia Motors,Nokia,MTN, Emirates, Toyota, Toshiba,
Dell computers and mostly by the South African
Government. The South African World Cup 2010 Free
Lottery Draw is held once a year. This free lottery
draw is to show appreciation to global world and to
encourage football soccer world wide.
We are proud to say that US$3,500,000.00 (Three Million Five Million
United States Dollars) are been won annually in more
than 152 countries world wide. The following
particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
i) Winning Numbers: FL/371/-4385/6711/UK
ii) Email Ticket Number: FL/754/22/76/UK
iii) Lotto code Number: FL/096/22/UK
iv) File Ref Number: FL/0473/6207/152/UK
To file your claims of US$3,500,000.00 (Three Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars), you have to fill the
below information completely and submit to our
fiduciary claims agent for documentation and
processing of your lottery winning certificate:
Your Surname......
Your First/Middle Names....
Your Nationality....
Your Present Address......
Your Sex Gender..............
Your Age...............
Your Occupation......
Your Mobile Phone Number......
stanford anderson
E-mail: agent: anderson.stanford1@gmail.com
Phone Number: (+447035901815 )
On behalf of the Board of Trustees of South African
Football Association (SAFA) Draw Promotion, kindly
accept our warmest congratulations.
Sincerely,
johnson taylor
Promotions Manager

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