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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:

• 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.
  • +27730985245 (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.
  • fredmore123@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Rita T Gue" <theinternettt13@msn.com>
Reply-To: <fairwin1313@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:15:16 +0000
Subject: Payment of prize and claim






CONGRATULATIONS!!

THE WINNING NEWS.

The Internet Lottery team in conjunction with South Africa 2010 Internet Lottery is proud to inform you that you have won One million nine hundred Fifty thousand Dollars) (US$1,950,000)


WHY YOU HAVE WON?

The Internet Lottery collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Nineteen people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.

WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

This International Lottery was organized and sponsored by African Internet Society (AIS) to create more awareness for African Internet Society and The South Africa 2010 Soccer World Cup.

DETAILS ON THE WINNINGS?

BATCH NUMBER: MHH/09/BBB-99007. /REFERENCE NUMBER: 62199951230. /TICKET NUMBER: 5647 5600 5451 88. /PIN: 55512.

Just contact our processing agent / regional claim department below for claiming of your prize and remember to quote your Serial and Batch Number for easy processing of your prize. That's it!

TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM...
Contact Processing Manager:
Mr. Fred More,
Tel: +27-73-09-85-245
Fax: +27=86 666 9123
Email: fredmore123@live.com
Email: fredmore123@hotmail.com

Please provide us with below information’s for further clarification.

Full Name:__________
Winning Email:________
Full Address:________
Sex:__________
Age:_________
Occupation:________
Company:_________
Mobile:_________
Country:_________
Country Of Resident:_________
City._________

. Congratulations again.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Rita T Gue
=================================================================
THE INTERNET LOTTERY TEAM DEPARTMENT.
124 BEREA RD, JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.
Email: fredmore123@live.com
Email: fredmore123@hotmail.com.
Tel: 27-73-09-85-245.
Fax:27-86-666-9123

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