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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery"
• 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")
  • "foreign service manager" (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 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.
  • solomonkamba@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "global lottery draw" <g.m.l_draw2@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:21:34 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT


Dear Sir\Madam,
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 08 - 02-2006, of
winners of the GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS,
held on 30 - 01- 2006 as part of our promotional draws. Participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our
electronic business Promotions Program. You qualified for the draw as a
result of you visiting various websites we are running the e-business
promotions for.

You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number
513-10 drew the lucky numbers 2, 9, 22, 23, 24, 30 + 5 and consequently won
in the Second Category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$1,950,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for Second
category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$13,650,000.00
shared among the Seven international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund will be transferred to your designated account through, F.N.B BANK
OF SOUTH AFRICA. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that
you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account.This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
(2006) high stakes US$1.3billion International Lottery.To begin your claim,
please contact your claim agent immediately;

MR. SOLOMON KAMBA.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
Universal Building,132-133
Park Hurst,Balfour-Unit 1440
JOHANNESBURG,GAUTENG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA.

TEL: 027 72-370-6088
EMAIL: solomonkamba@hotmail.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your voice. Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later
than 01-03- 2006. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in every
one of your correspondences with your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825P-4
BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN

Congratulations once again from all our staffs and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail box. Contact your claims
agent through his email contact above.



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