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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim 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 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.
  • +27738575868 (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.
  • claimdeptagent@yahoo.com
  • johnson_lambo@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sam mayo" <sammayo001@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:27:16 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS,YOUR EMAIL WON YOU A LOTTERY

GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY CROSSING SOUTH AFRICA GOES INTERNATIONAL AS THE 2010
WORLD CUP WILL BE HOSTED BY SOUTH AFRICA.
THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSORED BY: SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY AND SUPPORTED
BY: (F餩ration Internationale de Football Association) FIFA SUPPORT



FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
Universal Building,132-133
Park Hurst,Balfour-Unit 1440
JOHANNESBURG,GAUTENG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA.

Dear Winner,
SOUTH AFRICA LOTTERIES
NOTIFICATION DESK

We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the SA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
online
Sweepstakes International program held on 16th May 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: (13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus #
(9).Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e May. 16th
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 first four (5) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 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
biannually.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European/African
booklet
representative office in South Africa 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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the
following details:

(a) YOUR FULL NAMES,
(b) YOUR PHYSICAL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
(c) YOUR AGE,
(d) OCCUPATION
(e) TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
(f) NATIONALITY

NAME: Mr. Johnson Lambo (Your claim agent)
E MAIL: claimdeptagent@yahoo.com
johnson_lambo@yahoo.com
PHONE # +27 738 575 868

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch
numbers to any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process,
failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings forfeited.
Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.
(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and
unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of
claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards
winning.
(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details
very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this
confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such
winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Yours faithfully,


Mrs. Jennifer Moyo
Foreign Service Manager.

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