419 scam: " 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP LOTTERY"<skhumalo169@gmail.com> 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP LOTTERY

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "fifa world cup lottery" (no such lottery exists)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims 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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
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.
- claimdprtmnt8@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- mr. siphiwe khumalo phone: 0027 71 246 4000 email: claimdprtmnt8@googlemail.com or precessing_agent@yahoo.com , (Googlemail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- precessing_agent@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- 71 246 4000 email: claimdprtmnt8@googlemail.com or precessing_agent@yahoo.com , lotto_claimagent32@yahoo.com ,lotto_manager32@yahoo.com (Googlemail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: " 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP LOTTERY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claimdprtmnt8@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:19:31 +0200
Subject: 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP LOTTERY

Online Cyber Lottery
20 Kempton Park , Harlesden
Johannesburg, NW10
South Africa.

2010 FIFA WORLD CUP LOTTERY

Hi,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the 2010 final annual draw of our Lottery International Programs which took place yesterday the 31st of last month. The final online cyber lotto draws was timed close to nine days to the commencement of the tournament (as a symbol after the week-ends' African Festival) and conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.This is the final phase of a three phased promotions to highlight the intended world cup about to be hosted in South Africa this Month (June),and is still being sponsored by Fifa and it's affiliate sponsoring companies (i.e coca-cola,Sony Corp.etc.). No tickets were sold.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a winner in the category "A" with the following numbers attached Ref Number: EAASL/201OYI/09, Batch Number: 09/09/DC34, and Winning number: 09/09/09/18/19/46

You are therefore to receive a cash prize of $2,000.000.00 (TWO MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) from the total payout, CONGRATULATIONS! Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.
To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information below:
*************************************
Name: Mr. Siphiwe Khumalo
Phone: 0027 71 246 4000
Email: claimdprtmnt8@googlemail.com
OR
precessing_agent@yahoo.com , lotto_claimagent32@yahoo.com ,lotto_manager32@yahoo.com

You are advice to provide him with the following informations:

YOUR FULL NAMES:
COUNTRY:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
BATCH NUMBER :
REFERENCE NUMBER:
TICKET NUMBER:

NOTE: Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.
You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Siphiwe Khumalo
(Lottery Coordinator).
Thank you and again,Congratulations!!!

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