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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million us 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)
  • "hundred thousand 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.
  • +27730709532 (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.
  • viljoenfinance1@terra.com.mx (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: int_global_lottery3@terra.com.mx
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:16:31 -0800
Subject: Email Lottery Wining Notification## ( CONGRATULATION)##

South Africa 2010 worldcup /Global Asset Management.
Internet Global Lottery.
National Lottery Headquarters,
128, Grayston Drive Sandton
Johannesburg South africa.




Batch: 14/211/0374
Ref: BTL/311OXI/02


LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the South
Africa 2010 world cup lottery bid online programs in association with Global Asset
Management held yesterday the 28th July 2006 in Johannesburg to Popularize and
promote south african 2010 world cup,

Your e-mail address attached, to ticket number: 69475600545 721 with Serial number:
886/04 drew the lucky numbers:01-6-2-13-35-17, which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of
$1,200,000,00.( ONE
MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ) in cash credited to file
RPC/9080115322/44. Routing Number: ddd/za0184.

This is from a total cash prize of $125 Million us Dollars shared among second
category winners.

This year,s Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for the Internet Global
Lottery, The estimated 125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in S.A.
history.The biggest was the 363 million jackpot that went to two winners in a May
2000 drawing of The Big Game, MegaMillions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our booklet and our representative office in South
Africa
as indicated in the play coupon.

In view of this, your $1,200,000.00 would be released to you by our affiliate
bank in SOUTH AFRICA after proper protocols by our claim agent here in Johannesburg
South Africa.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds to you as soon as you make contact with him and call him on the phone.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer
draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place
annually.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the details below
for processing of your claims.

NOTE : ADVISABLY KEEP YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBER CONFIDENTIAL AND KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH THE CLAIM AGENT BY TELEPHONE


Claim Agent Name: Dr. Evans Hendricks
Tel + 27 73 070 9532.
Email: viljoenfinance1@terra.com.mx


To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agent immediatly
with this information:

NAME:..................................
NATIONALITY:...........................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................



Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for
being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Mr Simmon Russells.
Zonal Coordinator

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