419 scam: South African National Promo Award 2012 <chriscarney@optusnet.com.au> (no subject)

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",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)
- "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!

Fraud email example:

From: South African National Promo Award 2012 <chriscarney@optusnet.com.au>
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:44:38 +1000
Subject:

Winning Ticket for South Africa Millionaire Raffle:
SATJ822401

Attention: Dear Prize Winner,

RE: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR LOTTERY WINNING!

Your entry ticket number drew as one of the lucky
winning ticket
number
for the EUROMILLONS LOTTERY 2ND PRIZE DRAWS in which
twelve
lucky winners
emerged. You have won a lottery prize amount of R
9,000,000.00(Nine Million South African
Rand) in US Dollar $1,100,648.15

SAMILLIONS RESULTS : Draw number 497 Thursday 7 July
2012
Thursday 7 July 2012 : 14 18 19 43 49 Lucky Stars 03 07
AMOUNT WON/PRIZE: R 9,000,000.00 SA Rand
2 Winners : 2nd Prize; 5 and 1 Star

This promotion is entry free which NO TICKETS ARE
PURCHASED!
Winners are
randomly selected systematically online by City code
and email
entry only,
selections of winners are generated by an Electronic
Random
Selection
System(ERSS) used by South Africa MILLIONS LOTTERY.

Contact Claims Processing Agent information:

Rev Steven Holewa
Email: sanl-dept@safrica.com

You are to forward the following details to enable us
clear your file
for
immediate payment:
==============================================
1. FULL NAMES:
2. ADDRESS:
3. TELEPHONE NUMBER:
4. SEX:
5. AGE:
6. COUNTRY:
7. Nationality:
8. Occupation:
==============================================
Please you are to choose your payment option at which
you want
your fund
Paid to you; listed below is our payment modalities
and option of
payment.

(1) COURIER DELIVERY OF WINNING
CHECK:..............................(.........)
(2) BANK PAYMENT (Online Account
required):...............................(.........)
==============================================
Sorry if you received this letter in your Spam,Due to
recent
connection error here in South Africa.sorry for the
inconvenience.
PLEASE NOTE:DO NOT CLICK ON THE
REPLY BOTTOM,YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE SENT TO THIS EMAIL
ADDRESS:sanl-dept@safrica.com

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Sarah Cabonero,
Director General,
SAMILLIONS LOTTERY Award
Disbursement Center.
The South Africa.

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