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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
  • ",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.
  • +27730005888 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Golden Pools Groups" <mail17@gurand.info>
Reply-To: goldenpools@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:56:59 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE A WINNER .


WINNING NOTIFICATION


FROM: THE MANAGER INTERNATIONAL EMAIL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT, GOLDEN POOLS LOTTERY.677 MUTUAL PARK JAN SMUTS DRIVE , JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA .

REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH NO: 200AUGTL#76110B

YOU ARE WINNER NO: 20

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION


ATTENTION: OUR HONOURABLE WINNER,

GOLDEN POOLS LOTTERY WORLDWIDE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL GOLDEN POOLS LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN SOUTH AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE FIFA WORD CUP 2010. THIS YEAR'S LOTTERY PROGRAM WAS HELD ON THE 9TH OF SEPTEMBER 2008 AT THE NELSON MANDELA SQUARE , SANDTON , SOUTH AFRICA.

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO THE DRAWWITH SERIAL NUMBER S/N-00168 AND IT DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 3, 8, 13, 22, 27, 41 BONUS NUMBER 12AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE SECOND CATEGORY OF THE DRAW. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED THE SUM OF $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR) ONLY PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF. NO: MSW-L/200-26937. THIS IS FROM THE TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $125,000,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS SHARED AMONG ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE (125) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN THIS CATEGORY.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES THROUGH OUR COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM TEN MILLION CONSTANT EMAIL USERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WITH EACH CONTINENT IN PARTICIPATION, AS PART OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR PROMINENT WEB USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE SOUTH AFRICA FIFA WORLD CUP 2010.

YOUR FUND HAS BEEN INSURED WITH ONE OF OUR SPONSORS-OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE AND WILL BE PAID TO YOU BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER (TT) THROUGH OUR CLAIM AGENT (DETAILS BELOW).

YOUR SERIAL NUMBER. S/N-00168
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE.3, 8, 13, 22, 27, 41 BONUS NUMBER 12
YOUR INSURANCE NUMBER: FLS433/453L/GMSA

NOTE: THAT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIM AGENT FOR REFFERENCE PURPOSE, THROUGH THE CONTACT DETAILS CONTAINED HEREIN. QUOTE YOUR WINING NUMBERS AND NO. 20. AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL, QUOTE ALSO THIS SECURITY CODE: MSW/AUG/XX06 TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT TO AVOID MISAPPROPRIATION OR SCAM.

CLAIM AGENT- ADVOCATE JIMMY MACKINTOSH
TELL- +27 730 005 888
EMAIL- jimmymackintosh@live.com

REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE 21DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE OR FORFEITED TO GOVERNMENT TREASURY.

CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF GOLDEN POOLS LOTTERY/ THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM.

OUR SPONSORS: ADIDAS,SONY,PEUGEOT, MTN, EMIRATES AIRLINES,BMW,COCA COLA,SAMSUNG,SOUTH AFRICAN AIRLINES, OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE, VODACOM, BENITA GROUP, LUCIN GROUP, JULIUS BERGER ETC...


ENDEAVOUR TO EMAILYOUR CLAIM AGENT WITH THE REQUIRED DATA BELOW:
1. FULL NAMES: ___________________________________________
2.COUNTRY:_____________________________________________
3. RES ADDRESS: _______________________________________
4. SEX: _______________________________________________
5. AGE: _____________________________________________
6. OCCUPATION: ___________________________________
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER: _________________________
8. BATCH NUMBER: ____________________________
9. WINNER NUMBER: _________________________
10. REF NUMBER: ___________________________
11. AMOUNT WON: ________________________
12.EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________


YOURS SINCERELY,

MRS. VICTORIA THERON
PROMOTIONS MANAGER
GOLDEN POOLS LOTTERY

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