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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 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.
  • +27833600597 (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.
  • amarulalotto1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: claimsamarula2@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 07:19:13 +0200
Subject: +++CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR EMAIL WON OUR LOTTERY+++

28 OXFORD COURT
SANDTON SOUTH AFRICA
Batch: 12/25/0340
Ref: BTL/101OXI/02

UK/SA AMARULA NOTIFICATION DESK
Dear Winner ,

We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the UK/SA AMARULA
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY(AFRICAN SKIES PROMOTION), online Sweepstakes
International program held on 24th April 2006
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serialnumber 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
(13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus #(09).Which subsequently won you the
lottery
in the 2nd category
i.e April 24th plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,400,000.00
(One million four hundred thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to
file
KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £5,000,000,00 shared amongst the
firstfour (5) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
WorldWide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This promotion takes place bianually.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In
view of this, your £1,400,000.00 (One million four hundred thousand pounds
sterling)would be released to you by any of our courier department or by
on-line bank to bank transfer.Our agent will immediately commence the
process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her.

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.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 below with
the following details:

1.YOUR FULL NAMES AS IT APPEARS IN YOUR NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION
DOCUMENTS.
2. AGE, OCCUPATION, TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER.
3.YOUR PHYSICAL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.

NAME: Mr.JACOB MAGENA
E MAIL: amarulalotto1@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE # +27 83 36 00 597

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK/SA AMARULA LOTTERIES
BOARD.
Yours faithfully,JANE CARTER

Director.International Promotions Unit,
You must be over 16 years to participate.

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