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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")
  • "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 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.
  • +27761749022 (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.
  • postmasterlotto@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SOUTH AFRICA" <flash6fortune@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: postmasterlotto@katamail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:52:14 +0200
Subject: LUCKY WINNING NOTIFICATION:

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


FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you of the
announcement of winners of the FLASH FORTUNE LOTTO
SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, held this year as part of our
promotional draws.


Participants were sellected 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 New Zealand
as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.


You qualified for the draw as a result of your 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 lucky numbers 9, 6, 12, 29, 30, 45, 66, and consequently won in the
Second Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$1,000,000 in cash, which is the winning payout for Second
category winners.


This is from the total prize money of US$200,000,000 Million dollars, shared
among the
Two Hundred (200) lucky winners in this category world-wide
CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the (POSTERMASTERLOTTO
INSURANCE COMPANY S.A PTY) insured
in your name, Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that
you keep this award strictly 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
unscrupulours acts by participants of this program.
To claim your winning prize, please contact your claim agent immediately;



MR. FRANK MOUSSA.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
# 25 RICHARDS RYLAAN, AUCKLAND PARK,0083
P.O. Box 524, AUCKLANDPARK
JOHANNESBURG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA
OMEGA CROSSING.
PHONE:+27-761-749-022
EMAIL: postmasterlotto@katamail.com


For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.



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,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
FLASH FORTUNE LOTTO SOUTH AFRICA.
2nd Floor SABC Radio Park Building,
P.O. Box 91711, Auckland Park,
2006 Henley Road,
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification.

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