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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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 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.
  • +27763141420 (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.
  • starcoinfinsec@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dougbaloyi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: 2010lotto <sa2010lotto@unionplus.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 05:58:04 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTERY WINNINGS


BATCH: 22/52309/CAF
REF NO: SAFA/G4/DE21.


ATTENTION


NOTIFICATION OF YOUR LOTTERY WINNINGS

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on the 12th of May 2006 to declare the winners of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and South Africa Football Association (SAFA). This lottery scheme created to bring awareness to the world, being that South Africa is hosting the next world cup in 2010.

Your email, attached to Ticket number
356-00098-3211-222, with Serial
number 818-09 drew the lucky numbers 67-99-777963 and consequently won the lottery. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,200,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO: SAFA/144132/1211.This
is from total prize money of US$12,000,000.00 shared among the ten international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, Europe and Middle East and Asia as part of our International
Promotions Program, which is conducted every quarter of the year.

To begin your claim process, please contact your Claims Agent with details below, providing your Serial and Reference Numbers, Your Mailing Address, Telephone and Fax Numbers.

WILLIAM DUBE
FIDUCIARY CLAIMS AGENT
STAR-COIN SECURITIES & FINANCE
500 OXFORD DRIVE
HYDE PARK
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
EMAIL: starcoinfinsec@excite.com
TELEPHONE: +27 76 314 1420.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than ten days 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 your claims agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff.

Sincerely,

Ms.Brenda Ngwenya.

N/B Please note that you are to donate 10% of your winnings to the less privileged children of Africa.Harfield, Pretoria South Africa.
Tel: +27 76 314 1420
Fax: +27 11 507 6266
Email:dougbaloyi@yahoo.com

Attention: Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr. Douglas Baloyi, the Manager, Credit and Foreign Bills of ABSA BANK SOUTH AFRICA. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank with account number :908-14-255-114 whose name is Andreas Schranner (Mr.), a German property magnate age 64, his wife Maria, 62, their daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her husband
Christian, 57, and their children Katharina, 8 and Maximilian, 10, all perished in the jet. [Concorde AF4590] With the whole passengers on-board on Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK and for your perusal you can view this website below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since the demise of this customer, I personally have watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of US$18.5M (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which has been with our branch for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek
for whom his name shall be used as the “Next of Kin” as no one has come up as his next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than eight years, because the money will be recalled to the Bank Treasury as “Unclaimed Fund” after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through a Trade Journal when I was making a research on a foreigner I will use in this great opportunity. For your assistant, I am willing to give you 25% of the total amount. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the letter of application which you will Fill, Sign
and send back to our bank to enable us start this processing of this claim. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is Hitch-Free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this transaction will be completed within Five (5) banking
days of receiving your response, after you apply to the bank as a “Relation” to the deceased.

When you receive this letter, kindly send me a Fax through my personal/direct fax number 27 11 507 6266 or through my direct email:dougbaloyi@yahoo.com signifying your decision.

Please include your Private Tel/Fax Numbers for quick communication regarding this great opportunity that will definitely benefit both of us.

Yours Truly,

Mr. Douglas Baloyi.

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