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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +27820401762 (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.
  • info.fnbcoza@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "From Mrs. Lacey Anna Howard Australian Lottery International Award Department." <lah.51@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:15:57 +0000
Subject: Congratulations!!!Your Email address is qualified/selected as a winner:

 

 

FROM THE DESK OF PROMOTIONAL CO-ORDINATOR AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY ONLINE LUCKY PROGRAM (LOTTO900)           

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From: Mrs. Lacey Anna Howard

Australian Lottery E-Sweepstake Internet Promotion Award

Headquarters: Level 1

351 William Street

West Melbourne

Victoria Australia.

Customer Service: 500 AUA 88933

Ref No:    AUL-474061725/06

Batch No: 7056490902/188

Draw No: LOTTO900-2553

Dear Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS  - YOU'RE A GUARANTEED WINNER OF USD$650,000,OO

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We happily announce to you winner of the draw of the Australian Lottery Online Lucky program (E-Sweepstake Internet Promotion Award) held in the month of July 2006 in West Melbourne - Australia.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B956475604545 188 with serial number 97560 drew the winning: 01/03/22/32/38/44/ Bonus No 9 which you subsequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of USD$650,000,00 (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) credited to file Number KPC/9080118308/06. 

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet representative office in Southern Africa as indicated in your coupon. In view of this, your USD$650,000,00 (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) would be released to you by any of our offshore payment banks.

Your accredited zonal agent will immediately commence processing the release of your prize as soon as you contact him/her. All participants e-mail addresses were selected "randomly" from World Wide Web site (Microsoft Powered) through computer E-computer ballot system and extracted from over 120,000,000,00 companies, Government agencies, charity homes, co -operate bodies and individuals email addresses.

This promotion takes place annually and for security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential from public notice till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by the unscrupulous persons as it has happened in the past. "Please be warned".

Your winning prize is insured in your name by NRMA Insurance Group Limited Australia's largest insurance company. Be informed that this promotion aimed at internet globalization before the year 2010, thereby empowering internet literacy against monopoly.

You are advised to file for your claim immediately through our agent with First National Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited Southern Africa immediately you receive this message because you stand a risk of loosing the prize if you fail to file your claim within a month from the day you received this notification.

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Name : Mr. Louis Jordaan

Accredited Agency  -  FNB

Southern Africa

Tel/Fax               : +27 11 219 7273

Directline/AHs  : +27 82 040 1762

Email Address: 

info.fnbcoza@gmail.com

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To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with your accredited agent.

Congratulations once more from all the members and staffs of the Australian Lottery.

Yours sincerely,       

                                       

   Dr.William Thorburn           Mrs.Lacey Anna Howard        Mr.Davis Ballmer     

(Lottery Director )              (Promotional Manager)             (Dir.of Securities)

 

    

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