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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million 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.
  • +27739335284 (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.
  • rexbarca@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lottomanagement_12006@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:33:46 -0800
Subject: Congratulations You Won A Lottery!South Africa 2010 World Cup Bid Lottery Award

>From : Mr Sue Barnard Zonal Co-ordinator South African 2010.
South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award
Lottery Headquarters: 31, Brixon
Court Carlton East Gate
Batch: ( 13/26/DC36.)

Dear Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:

We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award International programs held in Zurich, Switzerland. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: ( B9665 75604546 199 ) with ! Serial number ( 97560 ) drew the winning: ( 60/84/27/17/36), which subsequently on you the lottery award in the 2nd category.
Your name have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$( 2,000.000 ) ( Two million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file ( KPC/9030108308/03 ).This is from a total cash prize of US $( 200,000,000.00 ) Million dollars, shared among the first 200 Hundred and lucky
winners in this category world-wide. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in South Africa as indicate in the play coupon.In view of this, your US( $2,000.000 ) ( Two Million United States Dollars ) would be released to you by our bank manager immediately he commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
Also your claim included with free one month hotel reservation in one of the five star hotel.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over ( 100,000,00 ) companies and individual emails address. The lottery programe took place to promote south africa ( 2010 world cup award,) For security reasons,you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are 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. )
We ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money released to you.
To file for your claim, please contact our claim Manager immediately, you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund and send him the following information for your claims also.

1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Phone/Fax
7.Bank account information for the transfer.
8.Kpc number
9.Draw winning number
10.Ticket number
11Serial number

his conatct information is as follows.!!!
Name: Rex Barca
E-mail :rexbarca@webmail.co.za
Phone: +27 73 933 5284

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 20th July 2006. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has succesfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of this promotional lottery program.
signed:
Former President Nelson Mandela ( CHAIRMAN.)
Molefi OLIPHANT ( PRESIDENT )
Chief Operations Officer
Albert MOKOENA(SOUTH AFRICA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN)
Chief Executive Officer
Danny JORDAAN.(SOUTH AFRICA 2010 BID C.E.O)
N.B/Call our claim manager for your cliam, do not miss this oppotunity

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