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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:

• 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.
  • +27724340319 (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.
  • claimmanagersaa@webmail.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: "NATIONAL LOTTERY" <nationallotteryysaa@webmail.co.za>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:09:54 +0100
Subject: IMPORTANT


NATIONAL LOTTO, 0777 SANDTON TOWERS,
SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:+27-724340319
FAX: 27-115076467

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE AWINNER.


FROM: PROMOTIONS MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF: ZAR/222/2005
BATCH: 700/000/SLW

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held recently to declare the
winners of the NATIONAL LOTTO/ INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
Your email address, attached to ticket number 4400-234-00998-865, with
serial number 555-01 drew the lucky numbers 5539 32 435 74 17 00, and
consequently won the Lottery.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ZAR26,
000,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO: ZAR/222/2005. This is from total
prize money of ZAR260, 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 email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe an! d
Middle East and Asia as part our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted monthly.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
email address, 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 promotion.
We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes ZAR100, 000,000 Million International Lotteries.
To begin your claim, please contact our claim manager;


CLAIMS MANAGER MR WILLIAMS GREEN
NATIONAL LOTTO,
JOHANNESBURG
TEL: 27-724340319
EMAIL: claimmanagersaa@webmail.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 after notice. 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 in every one of your
correspondences with our manager. Furthermore, should there be any change of
your address, do inform your claims manager as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.

Sincerely

MONICA.E. BOOYSENS

THE PROMOTION MANAGER.

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