419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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:

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +27745645478 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?VENTANA_DE_YAHOO_y_MSN_Live_PREMIO_PROMOCI=C3=93N_DEL_CEN?=
=?UTF-8?Q?TRO?= <info@info.com>
Reply-To: <richarddickson1002@hotmail.co.za>
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:29:54 -0800
Subject: Estimado Ganador

--
VENTANA DE YAHOO y MSN Live PREMIO PROMOCIÃ“N DEL CENTRO
Promociones / Premio Premio Departamento de SudÃ¡frica.

Estimado Ganador,

La presente es para informarle de que su correo electrÃ³nico ha ganado
un
premio de ochocientos veinte mil dÃ³lares de los Estados Unidos, ($
820,000.00) para la PromociÃ³n Mensual Bonanza 2013, que fue organizado
por
YAHOO MSN y Windows Live PREMIOS.

Yahoo / MSN recopila todas las direcciones de correo electrÃ³nico de las
personas que estÃ¡n en lÃnea activa, entre los millones que suscribieron
a
Yahoo y Hotmail ya poco de otros proveedores de correo electrÃ³nico.
Cinco
personas son seleccionadas este mes para beneficiarse de esta promociÃ³n
y
usted es uno de los afortunados ganadores seleccionados.

PAGO DEL PREMIO Y DEMANDA

Los ganadores serÃ¡n pagados de acuerdo con su / su Centro de
ConciliaciÃ³n. YAHOO MSN y Windows Live PREMIO El premio debe ser
reclamado
dentro de los 30 dÃas a partir de la fecha de notificaciÃ³n del drenaje.
Cualquier premio no reclamado dentro de este periodo se perderÃ¡.

Indican a continuaciÃ³n son sus nÃºmeros de identificaciÃ³n:

NÃšMERO DE LOTE: MFI/06/APA-43658
NÃšMERO DE REFERENCIA: 2008234522
NÃšMERO DE GANAR: 14, 21, 30, 34, 47, 71
PIN: 1206

Estas cifras estÃ¡n incluidas en el archivo UbicaciÃ³n de Ãfrica, que
estÃ¡ en contacto con nuestro agente fiduciario en el sur de Ãfrica y
enviar sus nÃºmeros de identificaciÃ³n de ganar para Ã©l:

Nombre del agente: Sr. Richard Dickson
DirecciÃ³n: 1 Âª Planta MÃ©dica Mews, Sandton City, SudÃ¡frica.
POR FAVOR CONTACTAR CON Ã‰L A TRAVÃ‰S DE ESTE EMAIL, DIRECCIONES:
E-mail: richarddickson926@yahoo.co.za
E-mail: richarddickson1002@hotmail.co.za
Tel: +27 745 645 478
Fax: +27 749 545 477
Se recomienda enviar la siguiente informaciÃ³n estÃ¡ a su agente para
facilitar la liberaciÃ³n de su fondo de victorias a ti.

1. Nombres y apellidos: .........................................
2. PaÃs: ..............................................
3. DirecciÃ³n de contacto: .................................
4. NÃºmero de telÃ©fono: ..............................
5. NÃºmero de fax: ........................................
6. Estado Civil: .....................................
7. OcupaciÃ³n: ........................................
8. Fecha de nacimiento: .......................................
9. Sex: ....................................................
Mrs. Rita Johanness

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