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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • +27836233659 (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.
  • banatravol@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY <banatravol@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:28:27 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR EMAIL IS ONE OF THE LUCKY WINNERS.




SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY=20
No.23 Henley Road , 2nd Floor=20
SABC Radio Park Building=20
P.O. Box. 91711,=20
Auckland Park , South Afri ca.=20
=20
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent SOUTH AFRICA =
2010 LOTT ERY DRAWS held in South Africa on the 25th of AUGUST, 2008.Your =
e-mail address attached to ticket number:268984667103 with serial number 0=
09/016584332 which consequently won in the 2ND category with the following=
Winning Numbers 8,10,13,22,32, 38 . You have therefore been approved for =
a lump sum of $1.5000.00 .(One Million Five Hundred Thousand united states=
dollars dollar only)=20
Note that all participants in this lottery program have been selected rand=
omly through
a computer ballot system drawn from over 200,000 companies and 30,000,000 =
individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites. This pro=
gram is strictly for international participants only.
=20
YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT

Mr. SILVA BANAC.
Phone: +27-8362-33659.
Email: banatravol@hotmail.co.uk [mailto:banatravol@hotmail.co.uk]

You have to send the following details to your claim agent in order to fa=
cilitate the processing and release of your winning fund.

Your full names: ..............................
Nationality:........................
Country of residence: ..............
Tel number: ........................
Fax n umber............................
Occupation: ........................
Sex: ...............................
Age:................................
Winning E-mail Address:.............
Ticket Number:......................
Winning Numbers:....................
Serial Number:......................
Amount Won:.........................

You are required to keep your winning informations confidential. This is p=
art of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse =
of this program by some winners. You are requested to contact your claims =
agent Mr. SILVA BANAC, at banatravol@hotmail.co.uk [mailto:banatravol@hotm=
ail.co.uk] with your details to assist you with the processing of your win=
nings fund and subsequent transfer of your money to your account in your c=
ountry. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT=20
Congratulations! Your E-mail Address Won=20
Yours Truly,
Mr FRED MARTINS
=20


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