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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:
  • "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 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.
  • intlott@sify.com
  • intlott2@sify.com

Fraud email example:

From: "GLOBAL MEGA LOTTER SA." <blujkk@telkomsa.net>
Reply-To: "mr.richardbaloyi11@hotmail.com" <mr.richardbaloyi11@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:20:15 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM


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SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP AND MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM Email lottery.=20

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Headquarters: SAFA HOUSE, 76 NASREC ROAD =20
NASREC EXT 3 Johannesburg, South Africa=20

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CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON 2010 World cup lottery online Jackpo=
t
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We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World Cup and Mic=
rosoft Bid lottery Award International programs held in Zurich, Switzerland=
. =20


Your name has therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $820,000.00 (=
Eight Hundred And Twenty Thousand Untied State Dollars) in cash credited to=
file Number (KPC/9030108308/03). This is from a total cash prize of ($16,4=
00,000.00) shared among the first twenty lucky winners in this category wor=
ldwide.=20

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Award winners emerge through random selection of all active email subscribe=
rs online. Six are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners are to be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. This P=
rize Award must be claimed in not later than 30 days from date of draw noti=
fication after which unclaimed prizes are cancelled. =
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WINNER NO: 4 =20
These are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER:MFI/07/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522
AWARD WINNING NO: 4 =20

These numbers fall within the Republic of south Africa file. You are reques=
ted to contact our award payment agent in south Africa and send your winni=
ng identification numbers to them: =20

CONTACT OUR PAYMENT AGENT BELOW:-=20

NAME OF AGENT: HANTZ & ASSOCIATES=20

CONTACT PERSON: MR. WILLIAMS OCONNEL=20

EMAIL ADDRESSES: Email:intlott@sify.com ,intlott2@sify.com ,paymentclaim@gm=
ail.com=20

Kindly send the following information to "Microsoft AND SOUTH AFRICA 2010 W=
ORLD CUP Award Payment Agent" (WILLIAMS OCONNEL) to facilitate the release =
of your fund. DO SEND TO ALL THE EMAILS.=20


1. Full Names: =E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6..
2. Date of birth: =E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6
3. Sex: ........................
4. Total amount won...
5. Nationality...
6. Contact Address: ........ =20
7. Telephone Number: ...........
8. Occupation:............=20
9.Your Winning serial and ref. no:.............
10. Winning Email address:.............=20

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Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.=20

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Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program. =20

Yours in service, =20
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Dr.(Mrs.)Felicia Dan=20
NOTE
You are hereby advised not to disclose the content of this Prize Award unti=
l your money have been remitted to you to avoid disqualification that will =
arise from dual claim. =20
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Best Regard,
DR. C. Mark Van =20
Lottery Board Director.=20

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Molefi OLIPHANT (President)=20
Chief Operations Officer=20
Albert MOKOENA=20
Chief Executive Officer=20
Danny JORDAAN. =20

Thank you for your co-operation =20

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Rich Mkhondo (Mr.)
(Chief Communications Officer)=20
South African World cup 2010 Organizing Committee =20

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