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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:
  • "global mega lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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 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.
  • richard_miller_01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Promotional Manager" <boardrooms@hotmail.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: richard_miller_01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:26:52 +0200
Subject: WINNING!!! WINNING!!! WINNING!!! WINNING!!!

FROM:THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

Dear Sir/Madam,

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today,14/08/2006,of winners of the Global Mega Lottery South Africa/International Programme,held on 14/ 08/ 2006 as part of our promotional draws.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,America,Asia,Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East,and NewZealand as part of our electronic business PromotionsProgram.

You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting
various websites we are running the e-business promotions for.

You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482,
with serial number 513-10 drew the luckynumbers 2,9,22,23,24,30,+5 and consequently won in the Second Category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$1,950,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for
Second category winners.

This is from the total prize money of US$13,650,000.00
shared among the Seven international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with the Global Mega Lottery
Finance and Company insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names,we ask that you keep this sectrely from public notice until your claim has
been processed and your money remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.We hope with a part of your prize,you will participate in our mid year(2006)high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.To begin your claim,
please contact your claim agent immediately.

MR.Richard Miller.
Foreign Service Manager,
Universal Buildiing, 132 - 133 Park Hurst
Balfour - Unite 1440
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001
South Africa
TEL:27 73 594 3438
EMAIL:richard_miller_01@yahoo.co.uk


For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice.Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 31-9-2006. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER:FLS-ZR39-825P-4,BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank
you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

The Promotional Manager
Global Mega Lottery Pty Ltd
Universal Buildiing, 132 - 133 Park Hurst
Balfour - Unite 1440
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001

N.B.Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail box. Contact your claims agent through his email contact above.

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