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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 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.
  • agent_ferguson2010@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: euroafro2010worldcup@yahoo.ca
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:38:14 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

Euro Afro American Lottery promotion Switzerland
>From : The Desk Of Mr. STEVE MOKOENA
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 DANNY FERGUSON 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 DANNY FERGUSON
EMAIL:agent_ferguson2010@yahoo.ca



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

Thanks 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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