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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (11 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Global Lottery Organization" <websurferinfo@websurfer.co.za>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:52:20
Subject: Congratulations... Winning Notification !

FROM: PROMOTIONS MANAGER, GLOBAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION REFERENCE NUMBER: ZAR/0457677/2004 BATCH NUMBER: 11/576809/KC/MFP ATTN; THE BEARER, RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION [FINAL NOTICE] We wish to inform you of the lottery draws on 24th October, 2004 to declare the winners of the GLOBAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS in cojuction with WEBSURFER ORGANIZATION. Your Name, attached to ticket number 356-00098-3211-222, with serial number 818-09 drew the lucky numbers 14-41-25-19-49-37, and consequently won the lottery. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum of R20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million South African Rands) in cash credited to file REF NO: ZAR/0457677/2004. This is from total prize money of R210,000,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia as part of our International Promotions Programme. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now available for claim, but due to the mix up of some numbers and names, your money has been deposited with a reputable security company for safety. We demand you keep this award notice from the public until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your nominated account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this promotion. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in the 2005 high stakes ZAR100,000,000 Million International Lottery. TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT IMMEDIATELY; MR. JOSE ENRIQUE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT, FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, GLOBAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA. TEL: +27-72-654-5458 EMAIL: joseeque@websurfer.co.za For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than Two Weeks from date of notice. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complication, please quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program. Sincerely, CATHERINE MASEKO PROMOTIONS MANAGER.

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