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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • +27832108873 (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.
  • kelebmadoza@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: yabomillionareomega@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:14:11 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS OUR LUCKY LOTTERY WINNER

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

ATTN: SIR/MADAM,





INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT


FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 25/09/2006, of winners of the OMEGA CROSSING LOTTO
SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY 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 15 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. Keleb Madoza 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 OFFICE
MR. Keleb Madoza
TEL:+27-83 210 88 73.
TEL:+72 011 76 45323(LANDLINE)(EXT 235)
EMAIL: kelebmadoza@aim.com
http://www.omegacrossing.8m.com

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.


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 PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
YABO MILLIONARE/OMEGA CROSSING.
Address: # 25 RICHARDS RYLAAN,
AUCKLAND PARK, 0083
P.O. Box 524,
AUCKLANDPARK
JOHANNESBURG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA

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



signed:

Nelson Mandela (chairman)

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