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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")
• 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.
  • +27734667077 (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.
  • fredgezi127@hotmail.com
  • fredgezi_1@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "fred gezi" <fredgezi11@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:15:01 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS LOTTERY AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

CONGRATULATIONS!!! UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS.                                                                    THE OAKROOM LOUNGE.                                                                                                                             PICCADILLY LONDON. W1B 0BH.                                                                 The National Lottery P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services) Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 074/06/ZY369                    AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION: We happily announce to you the draw (#1001) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on  20th March2006 and was officially announce 22th March 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 10-12-13-17-31-37(bonus ball no.44), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,440,772(One million,four hundred and fourty thousand,seven hundred and seventy two pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a  total cash prize of £2,881,544 shared amongst the first two (2)jackpot lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from  World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online which are America,Africa, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our AFRICAN booklet representative office in SOUTH AFRICA as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this,You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum  of £1,440,772(One million,four hundred and fourty thousand,seven hundred and seventy two pounds sterlings)would be released to you by  of our payment offices in AFRICA. Our AFRICAN agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is 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.Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our FIDUCIARY agent: Mr.Fred Gezi Email:(fredgezi127@hotmail.com)        fredgezi_1@hotmail.com PHONE:+27-73-466-7077 Yours faithfully, Mrs,Jennifer Dave. Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY        Copyright © 1994-2006 The United Kindgom National Lottery Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline   BELOW ARE THE SPONSORS OF THIS PROGRAM      Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Markson  (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer).

                    Congratulations from the Staff & Members of the 
                       National Lottery Board Commission  

                                      

Mrs Jennifer Dave                   Mr.Fred Gezi                    Mr. John  Cole        
(Online Co-ordinator Sec.)       (U.K Claim Agent)                  (Zonal Co-ordinator)  

                                       

    

                   Copyright ? 1994-2006 The  National U.K Lottery   Inc.

                      All rights reserved.Terms of Service - Guideline

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