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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:
  • ",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)
  • "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.
  • +27730408008 (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.
  • deneysreitze@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MEGA LOTTO" <saeurplottry@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:12:23 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION!


*SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP *

*EURO-AFRO-AMERICA-SWEEPSTAKE *

*LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL*

*HEAD OFFICE WELLINGTON HOUSE **
EAST ROAD, WEST** RAND, JOHANNESBURG ,*

*SOUTH AFRICA*

* *

* **CONGRATULATION
! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!*



*ATTENTION LUCKY WINNER**,*



*We are delighted to inform you as one of the 100 lucky winners of the
result of the E-mail address ballot lottery draw of the **SOUTH**
AFRICA**WORLD CUP FREE
LOTTERY **programmed, which took place on the 4th DECEMBER 2007.This is a
computer generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for
draws. *

* *

*This lottery draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners
using their e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web (www) sites. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: **B9665 75604546 199**
with**Serial number
**8756-05** drew the lucky winning numbers **11/13/26/34/44/48** and bonus
ball number which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. **All
100 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000
international emails. World cup Draw. **Consequently, you have therefore
been approved for a total payout of **USD$ 2,000,000.00 (**Two Miliion
Dollars)**only. Your email address emerged along side 99 others as a
category to winner in this year's Annual.*



*The world cup lottery 2010 is proudly sponsored by the **Microsoft
**Corporation,
Coca Cola, Nokia, MTN, the Intel Group, Toyota, Toshiba, **Dell Computer**
Mackintosh .And mostly by the South African Government. The world cup free
lottery draw is held once a year. And is so organized to encourage the use
of internet and computers. And also to advertise the South Africa 2010
World Cup world wide.* *We are proud to say that over US $ 100 Million are
won annually in more than 150 countries world wide.*



*Please For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claims are 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. To file for your claim,
please contact our Claiming Manager immediately.*

* **
**Contact Person: MR DENEYS REITZ Email:
(**deneysreitze@gmail.com*<deneysreitze@gmail.com>
* ) Tel: +27-73-04-08-008 Fax 27-86-604-9390.*

*To affect your lottery prize claim to your bank account, you should send
the below particulars to the Claiming Agent email address or our direct fax
line:***

* *

*1. Your full names:
2. Winning Numbers:
**3. Contact Postal Address:
4. Private Telephone and Fax numbers:
**5.**Copy of your passports or drivers license or ID*

*6. Your occupation:***

* *

*Mrs. Linda Rose. **
Microsoft Promotion Team
Vice President.*

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam