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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 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.
  • twoonepromo01@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Flora J. Carl" <twooneclaim2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <twoonepromo01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:48:59 +0200
Subject: Claim your prize!!!

Twenty-One Claiming Online Promotions
Eastern-Cape, 8001
South Africa.

Congratulations!!!! "You have won US$2,754,000.00 from Twenty-One Claiming Online Promotions"

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

We wish you success in our Twenty-One Claiming Online Promotions/Email Internet Program made today 10th July 2009 which was held on May 2009.

Your Email Address was attached to Ticket No: 34, 11,43,27,29,06 Drew the Lucky No: 05-17-22-26-55-38 Bonus 44 from 800,000 Email Addresses consequently won in the 2nd Category. You have therefore been approved to claim a Star Prize of $2,754,000.00 in cash credited to File No: 6712314/ZAR/2008. Below is your Winning Details;

Reference No: 12-15-19-27-39/MOP/08
Batch No: 5-6-4/21/MOP/08
Amount Won: US$2,754,000.00

For more information about your winning, please visit our home page.

"The Validity period of the winnings is (10) Working Days, of your reply to the Agency; hence you are expected to make your claims immediately, any claim not made before this date will be returned as UNCLAIMED."

To claim your winning prize, you are to contact the appointed agent for the immediate release of your winnings:

Twenty-One Claiming Online Promotions
(Mr. Richard Mathew)
Tel: + 27(73) 312-7110
E-mail: twoonepromo01@gmail.com

Congratulations'' once again from all our Staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions Program.

Yours Truly,
Mrs. Flora J. Carl
Promotions Manager

Twenty-One Claiming Online Promotions
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Copy Right (C) 2008
(Reg No: 2000/003778/08)

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