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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +27739900234 (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.
  • info_lotteryawardclaims2010@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "national award" <johnson_andermann54@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:01:14 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION!

FROM THE DESK OF: MR JOHNSON ANDERMANN
TELE: 00411234587012
FAX: 00411267905316

DEAR: SIR/MADAM
CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:

We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid
lottery Award International program held in Zurich, Switzerland. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: B9665 75604546 321 with Serial number
964760 drew the winning: 23/14/37/17/26/42/+9 which subsequently won you the
lottery award in the category (B). Your name has therefore been approved to
claim the sum total of US$1,000,000.00( One Million United States Dollars)
in cash credited to file KPC/9030108308/03. This is from a total cash prize
of US$20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million United States Dollars) shared amongst
the first 20 lucky winners in this category (B) Worldwide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery Booklet
representative office in South Africa as indicated in the play coupon. In
view of this, your US$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) would
be released to you through the assistance of our CLAIM AGENT in South
Africa. He will commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds
as soon as you contact him. Also your claim includes a FREE FLIGHT TICKET TO
SOUTH AFRICA FOR THE 2010 WORLD CUP and ONE MONTH HOTEL RESERVATION IN ONE
OF THE FIVE STAR HOTELS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through
computer draw systems and extracted from over 100,000,000 companies and
individual email addresses. The Lottery Programmed took place to promote
South Africa's 2010 World Cup Award. For security reasons, you are advised
to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed
and your money is remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary
measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some unscrupulous elements. Please you are advised to file your claim form
immediately and send through our Claim Agent on the following information:

NAME: MR MARTINS ZULU
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +27-73-990-0234
EMAIL ADDRESS: info_lotteryawardclaims2010@yahoo.ca
VISIT US AT: www.soccer.co.za
OFFICE ADDRESS: 4TH FLOOR FIDELITY HOUSE BRYANSTON JOHANNESBURG 2030, SOUTH
AFRICA

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.

NOTE: FILL THE FORM BELOW AND SEND IT,TO MR. MARTINS ZULU VIA EMAIL :
info_lotteryawardclaims2010@yahoo.ca AND CAll HIM ON Tel: +27-73-990-0234 WE
ARE INVITING YOU TO COME TO SOUTH AFRICA AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE YOUR PRIZE.

FIRST
NAME:...........................................................................................................

LAST
NAME:.............................................................................................................

TICKET
NUMBERS...............................................................................................

WINNING
NUMBERS.......................................................................................

SERIAL
NUMBER......................................................................................................

NATIONALITY /
COUNTRY.........................................................................................

TELEPHONE / MOBILE
NUMBER..............................................................................

FAX
NUMBER.............................................................................................................

EMAIL
ADDRESS.......................................................................................................

HOUSE
ADDRESS......................................................................................................

OCCUPATION
.........................................................................................

MALE / FEMALE
.......................................................................................................................

COMPANY'S
NAME..................................................................................................................

DATE OF
BIRTH............................................................................................................................

NOTE, YOU HAVE 30 WORKING DAYS TO CLAIM YOUR MONEY AS SOON AS YOU CONTACT
YOUR CLAIMS FEDUCIARY AGENT HERE IN JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.

Yours sincerely,

MR JOHNSON ANDERMANN.
(NATIONAL CO-ORDINATOR)

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