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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.
  • pedro_thambo@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "national lotto" <nationallottooffice2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 06:56:05 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION' CONGRATULATION' ' CONGRATULATION' ''

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

Dear VICTIMNAME ,
WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 22RD/01/2006, of
winners of the Global Mega Lottery South Africa/International Progamme, held
on 31st/12/ 2005 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 NewZealand as part of our electronic data
base 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(ONE MILLION NINE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) US$1,950,000.00 in cash,
which is the winning payout for Second category winners. This is from the
total prize money of(THIRTEEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARD) US$13,650,000.00 shared among the Seven international
winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with the Global Mega Lottery Finance and Company
insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keep this secretly 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 first quarter of the year (2006) high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery.To process your claim, please contact your
claim
agent immediately.

His personal and contact information are as follows: -

Honourable Pedro Thambo (claim Agent)
Foreign Service Manager,
2nd Floor SABC Radio Park Building ,
P.O. Box 91711,
Auckland Park 2006.
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Tel: 27-83-330-5511.
Email: pedro_thambo@yahoo.co.uk

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claim agent not
later than 10th-01- 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 corespondences with your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825P-4.
BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

The Promotional Manager
Global Mega Lottery Pty Ltd.
2nd Floor SABC Radio Park Building ,
P.O. Box 91711,
Auckland Park 2006.
Johannesburg, South Africa.

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.

Anti-fraud resources:

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