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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")
  • "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.
  • +27730717145 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +27866587654 (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.
  • lotterywinning@k.ro
  • ottery@winning.com
  • crystalgloballottery@k.ro
  • smithadams@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Smith Adams" <smithadams12@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:40:47 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER

 

CRYSTAL GLOBAL LOTTERY ( PTY) LTD SOUTH AFRICA
You Have Just Won US$ 1, 000, 000, 00
(ONE MILLION, UNITED STATES DOLLAR)

 

WINNING NOTIFICATION
BE NOTIFIED THAT ON, APRIL 29TH 2006.
Your email address was selected on the computer promotional ballotsystem draw, as one of the winning email address on the internate computer lottery draw.
The fifa support africa sponsored this team, known as...CRYSTAL GLOBAL LOTTERY PTY (LTD),There was a computer ballot which qualifies you as one of the winner of THE SUM OF US$1, 000, 000, 00 (ONE MILLION, UNITED STATES DOLLAR)
WE HAVE FURNISHED YOU WITH THE FULL DETAILS OF YOUR CLAIM AGENT,

 

MR. THEMBI .K. NKONNOH.
Tel +27-73-071-7145
Fax +27-86-658-7654
Email: lotterywinning@k.ro
Email: l-ottery@winning.com
Foreign Service Manager,
No 23 Henley roads,
2nd floor sabc Radio Park,
Building p.o box 91711,
Auckland Park 2006,
South Africa.

YOUR WINNING INFORMATION WILL BE FORWARDED TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT YOU'RE WINNING NUMBERS 7-14-18-31-45, LUCKY DRAW NUMBERS 3772-556, INSURANCE NUMBERS SIB/0209, REFERENCE 133/756/4509, BATCH NUMBERS
538901527-BC68, WHICH YOU WILL USE TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE MONEY IN A SAVE KEEPING.

 

DR. SMITH ADAMS
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION,
      CRYSTAL GLOBAL LOTTERY PTY (LTD).
Tel:+ 27-73-701-6391
Fax:+ 27-86-658-7655
   Email:crystalgloballottery@k.ro
     Private Email:smithadams@hotmail.co.uk
Country Director, AFC01
1st floor, Pro Equity Court
1260 Pretorius Street, Hatfield
P. O. Box 12629, Hatfield
0001 Pretoria South Africa.

 

BRIEF WINNING INFORMATION:
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of the master mega-million PROGRAMS, held on 29th of April 2006 as part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email ddresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotion Program. You qualified for the draw as a result of our visiting various websites and
we are running the e-business promotions.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1, 000, 000, 00 in cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$14, 000, 000, 00 shared among the seven international luckey winners in the Second category.

 

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with our correspondent Bank (Reserved Bank of South Africa) insured in your name. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program, please contact your claim agent immediately.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claim agent as soon as possible.N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification; please do not reply to this mail and note this anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

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