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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.
• 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.
  • +27731719169 (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.
  • fredgilbertt4@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERY BOARD" <wordcupsa2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fred_gilbertt@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:51:47 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING

                                                    CONGRATULATIONS 

                             SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP BID LOTTERY AWARD
                                                     

        

   

    YOU HAVE  SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY

        

 COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL DRAW

 

THIS MESSAGE IS  FROM  THE PROMOTION MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP BID INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD.

YOU HAVE WON ON THE COMPUTER BALLOT,

THE SUM OF US$ 1,950.000 Thousands us dollars

 

PLEASE CONTACT 

 

MR.FRED GILBERT

SOUTH AFRICA

YOUR CLAIMS  AGENT.

FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT

 Call him on phone +27-731719169.

email

fredgilbertt4@yahoo.com

 

 

SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP BID LOTTERY AWARD.

 

PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made for the winners of the SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP BID BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD PROGRAMS, as part of our promotional draws.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

 

Note that your email address qualified for the draw, as a result of your visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for. You/Your Company email address, attached to  ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number 513-10 drew the lucky numbers  3, 8, 13, 22, 27, 41,Insurance number KISCS433/2010SNLP/2006, Bonus number 12 and consequently YOU

 

HAVE won in the Second Category.

Please be informed that all winning Prize must be claimed within 7 days of this notification. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference /batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent. 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.

 

Signed: President Nelson Mandela (chairman)

Molefi OLIPHANT (President)

Chief Operations Officer

Albert MOKOENA

Chief Executive Officer

Danny JORDAAN.

BRIAN HUNT

Online Co-ordinator.

N.B/Call our financial agent for your cliam, do not miss this

oppotunity.

 

Thank you for your co-operation

(Zonal Co-ordinator)

Mr. Ndlov Zuma 

 

 

BELOW ARE THE RECENT JUBILATING WINNERS ON SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAMME

 

 

            

 

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