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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million us 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)
• 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 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.
  • +27731177067 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • mrharrybongani@katamail.com
  • mr_harry_bongani@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "national lotto" <nationallotto_office16@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 00:27:31 +0000
Subject: 2010 WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA PROMOTIONS LOTTERY ASSOCIATE

FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312
Dear Winner,
RE: A ONCE AND FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION CATEGORY "B".
It is our great pleasure to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual final draws of the National Lottery Incorporate promotion programme.
for World Cup Bid which will held here in South Africa 2010 The online cyber
draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 55,000 e-mail addresses of
individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random
computer selection from the web. No tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as
one of five winners in the category "B" with the followings:
Ref Number:NLI/BA29641-Y72
Batch Number:NLI DHX/5108
Ticket Number:01233/TNO59
Serial Number:G2800
Lucky number:62 88 521
You, as well as other winners are to receive a cash prize of
$2,500,000.00.(TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY) each from
the total payout. Your prize awards 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 begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to
contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "B" winners
with the informations below:
CONTACT AGENCY:
2010 WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA PROMOTIONS LOTTERY ASSOCIATE,
26 WESTERN BOULEVARD CITY WEST
P.O.BOX 2001 JOHNNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
MR. HARRY BONGANI
(Email: mrharrybongani@katamail.com) (mr_harry_bongani@yahoo.com)
Phone number +27-73-117-7067

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 30 days. After this date
all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote
your reference information in all correspondence.
You are to keep all winning information away from the general public
especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case
of double claims will not be entertained).Anybody under the age of 18 and
members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to
participate in this program.
Thank you and congratulations!!!
You to provide the claim agent with the under listed information as soon as
possible so that he can process your claims:
(A) 1. Full names…………………
2. Phone number……………..
3. Fax number………………
4. Country…………………
5. Present Location……………
(B) Your Bank Account Information
1. The Account Beneficiary Name..........................
2. The Account Number.....................................
3. The Bank Name............................................
4. The Bank Tel/Fax Number.................................

And The Bank Address.........................................
Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Tina Forrester.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, SA.
26 WESTERN BOULEVARD CITY WEST
P.O.BOX 2001 JOHNNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA

N.B: Please do reply to this email. Contact your claims agent. MR. HARRY
BONGANI ( Email Address:
( mrharrybongani@katamail.com )
(mr_harry_bongani@yahoo.com)
_______________________________________________________________________
The INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, SA. Is proudly
sponsored by financial Corp's, the Euro American group and a conglomeration
of other international IT companies. And is organized to encourage the use
of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200
Million US Dollars are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
Copyright © 1994-2005 2010 WORLD CUP S.A.P.L.A.(SA Lottery Inc.


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