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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • +27838801996 (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.
  • universaltrust_union@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "VODA PHONE LOTTERY" <vodasa_53@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:28:29 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! CONGRATULATION!!! CONGRATULATION!!!

CONGRATULATIONSCONGRATULATIONCONGRATULATIONS!!

   FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION

WE ARE HAPPY TO NOTIFY YOU OF THE RESULTOFPROMOTIONALDRAWOF 2ND JUN  OF 2006

AND THE WINNERS OF THE VODAPHONE LOTTO PROMOTIONS.

EMAILS ADDRESSES OF PARTICIPANTS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED.THE EMAILS ARE BEING CHOSEN FROM A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 4,251,000 PERSONAL AND CORPORATE EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM THE ENTIRE CONTINENT. RANGING FROM AFRICA, AMERICA,ASIA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND THE REST OF THE WORLD AS PART OF OUR ELECTRONIC BUSINESS PROMOTIONSPROGRAM.

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS ONE OF MILLIONS OF ADDRESSES SELECTED FROM VARIOUS WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET WHICH QUALIFY FOR THE DRAW. YOUR EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER VLP342-458X, AND SERIAL NUMBER 0012455566 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 2, 5, 10, 16, 24, 36, 48. THE TICKET NUMBER ATTACHED TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS CAME WITH THE FOLLOWING DETAILS BELOW, WHICH MAKES YOU THE WINNER IN THE THIRD CATEGORY OF THE DRAW. BELOW ARE THE WINNING RESULTS OF THE TICKET ATTACHED TO YOUR EMAIL. WINNING TICKET IS NUMBER - VLP342-458X SERIAL NUMBER - 0012455566 YOUR LUCKY DRAW NUMBERS ARE - 2, 5, 10, 16, 24, 36, 48 BONUS NUMBER - 9 INSURANCE NUMBER: 04/10044/256
SINCE YOU ARE THE WINNER IN THE THIRD CATEGORY OF THE DRAW, YOU ARE THEREFORE THE WINNER OF US$3,000,000.00, WHICH WILL BE PAID OUT TO YOU IN CASH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF US$30,000,000.00 WILL BE SHARED AMONG TEN INTERNATIONAL JACKPOT WINNER.

CONGRATULATIONS!
FOR SECURITY REASONS AND ACCURATE PAYOUT OF THE WINNING PRIZE, BE INFORMED THAT YOUR WINNING PRIZE OF
US$3,000,000.00 IS DEPOSITED WITH OUR FINANCE FIRM (UNIVERSAL TRUST UNION SOUTH AFRICA WITH YOUR EMAIL
ADDRESS, WHICH WON YOU THIS PRIZE. I WILL ADVISE YOU TO PLEASE FORWARD YOUR CLAIM OF THE PRIZE DIRECTLY TO UTU SA. PLEASE KEEP THE DETAILS IN THIS MAIL STRICTLY TO YOURSELF UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED TO AVOID SOMEONE ELSE CLAIMING YOUR PRIZE.

TO START PROCESSING YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT UTU SA IMMEDIATELY WITH THIS REFERENCE NUMBER: VLP-ZR04/0336454 AND BATCH NUMBER: 236-2554-2555SA

MR.WILLIAMS MBOWENI.
TEL +27-838-801-996,
CLAIM MANAGER,
UTU SA.
RD 25 MIDRAND 0083
P.O. BOX 524, HALFWAY HOUSE
JOHANNESBURG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA
EMAIL:(universaltrust_union@myway.com)

NB:MEANWHILE YOU HAVE TO FORWARD THIS FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO MR. WILLIAMS MBOWENI THROUGH UNIVERSAL TRUST UNION FOR YOUR PAYMENT:

 

1. YOUR FULL NAME

2. YOUR WINNING REF NUMBER

3. YOUR BATCH NUMBER

4. YOUR WINNING NUMBERS

5. AMOUNT WON
6. YOUR COMPANY NAME

7. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS:
8. YOUR CITY

9. YOUR ZIP CODE

10. YOUR STATE/PROVINCE.

11. YOUR COUNTRY

12. YOUR TELEPHONE /.FAX

13. YOUR DATE OF BIRTH

14. YOUR SEX

15. YOUR MARRITAL STATUS

16. YOUR BANK DETAILS

THIS LOTTERY PROGRAM, IS A BONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR
THE PROMOTION OF VODAPHONE IN SOUTH AFRICA

CONGRATULATIONS.
SINCERELY,
LONNI.K.ANDERSON (MS)
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT
VODAPHONE COMMUNICATION
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
VODAPHONE SOUTH AFRICA
GOES WORLWIDE

 

PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT MR.WILLIAMS MBOWENI FOR YOUR PRIZE CLAIM.

 

 

  

BELOW ARE THE SPONSORS OF THIS PROGRAM

       

OUR Executives:
Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations),Dr Ishmael Mbeni (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mr. Cliff Smith (Regional Manager), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer), Mr.Williams Mboweni(Claim Agent).

                                                           

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