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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "euro afro american lottery promotion"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +27836743344 (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.
  • albert_mokoena2010@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: euroafro2010@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:36:51 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION

Euro Afro American Lottery promotion Switzerland
From : The Desk Of Mr. DANNY FERGUSON
South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award
Lottery Headquarters: 31, Brixon
Court Carlton East Gate
Batch: 13/26/DC36


WINNING NOTIFICATION


INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT


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 won you the lottery award in the 2nd category.

Your name has therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$2,000.000.00

(Two million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
KPC/9030108308/03.


This is from a total cash prize of US $30,000,000.00 (Thirty million
United
States dollars)


shared among the first 200 lucky winners in this category worldwide.

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 through the assistance of our agent in South
Africa
immediately

he commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon
as
you contacted him.

All participants were selected randomly from Worldwide Web site through
computer draw system and

extracted from over 100,000,00 companies and individual emails
address.

The lottery program took place to promote South Africans 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
you are advised

to file for your claim immediately through our agent MR MOKOENA
immediately
you

received this message because you stand a risk of loosing the prize if
you
fail to claim

within a month from the day you received this notification.

Call him on phone immediatly you get this mail.

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact
our claim agent with this information:

NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:...............................
NATIONALITY:...........................
SEX:...................................
AGE:...................................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................
OCCUPATION:............................
COMPANY:...............................
BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:............................................

CLAIM AGENT
MR ALBERT MOKOENA
EMAIL:albert_mokoena2010@yahoo.ca
PHONE:+27-836-743-344


Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program
that
has succesfully won

this competition.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.


signed:

MR DANNY JORDAN (chairman)

Molefi OLIPHANT (President)
Chief Operations Officer

MIKE MANGENA



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