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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • cliffalexander@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "L ORGANISATION" <l_organisation10@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:57:42 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.

Ref  : UK/776090X2/23 Batch: 013/05/8394369 Daily Draw Further results http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnationalhistorical.asp Draw date:29/3/2006 WINNING NOTIFICATION: We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online UK National Lottery program held on 29th March 2006. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: 8603775966738 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the Winning Numbers:02,06,18,36,37,44, (bonus no.19), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 20th category i.e match 3 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim total sum of  $1,300,000.00  (One Million Three Hundred Thousand Unites State Dollars) in cash credited to file.This is from a total cash prize shared amongst the Winners with different amount won in this category i.e Match 3 plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly. your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet repre!sentative office in Europe/Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your $1,300,000.00  ((One Million Three Hundred Thousand  Unites State Dollars) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe/Africa. Our European/African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. Draw date:25/3/2006                BONUS 02 06 18 36 37 44  19 This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION. ******************************************************************* Mr Cliff Alexander. Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order Department,OSA CLAIMS PROCESSING  LOTTERY AGENT. TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A , REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Tel Phone:+27-73-169-1993 E-mail:cliffalexander@webmail.co.za ******************************************************************** Endeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email address,telephone and fax numbers immediately. Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY. Yours faithfully, Rose Wood (Mrs) Online Coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY www.national-lottery.com

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