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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "universal crossing sa"
• 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.
  • +27734425632 (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.
  • tutu1@superdada.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: claimsnight@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:04:29 -0800
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!

YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THE
COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL DRAW

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

POKER ONLINE PROMOTIONS
YOU HAVE WON ON THE COMPUTER BALLOT,
THE SUM OF US$2,780.000.00

PLEASE CONTACT
(MR. RICHARD SMITH)
YOUR CLAIMS DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
ON PHONE +27-73-442-5632
Email: tutu1@superdada.com

PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made today 1st
November
2006, of winners of the POKER ONLINE PROMOTIONS, as part of our
promotional draws HELD ON 1ST OF OCTOBER 2006.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000.00 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 242 67
33 38 7 43 51, with serial number 7777/06 drew the Lucky Numbers
4-43-33-38-21 POP 21 and Bonus number 3 and consequently YOU HAVE won
in the Second Category.

REFERENCE NUMBER: ZAR/POP-677152/ZA2006
BATCH NUMBER: ZAR/002831323/M222-23

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$2,780,000.00 (Two Million Seven Hundred and Eighty Thousand United
States Dollars) in cash credited to file POP/2040211345/2006. This is
from a total cash prize of US$15,200,000.00 Fifteen Million Dollars
Two Hundred), shared amongst the first One Hundred and Twenty (120)Lucky
Winners in Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

To begin your claim, urgently contact your claim Department through the
below Information:

MR. RICHARD SMITH
POKER ONLINE PROMOTIONS
TEL: +27-73-442-5632
FAX: +27-11-507-5309
E-MAIL: tutu1@superdada.com

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers and other
information provided above and below in every one of your
correspondences with your Claims Department.

POKER ONLINE PROMOTIONS IS A BONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE 2010
SOCCER WORLD THAT WILL BE HOST BY SOUTH AFRICA.

Congratulations'' once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.


Yours Truly,

Mrs. Rachael T. Siyabonga
Promotions Manager
Poker Online Promotions
672 Poker House
Eastern Cape
South Africa.


UNIVERSAL CROSSING SA
GOES INTERNATIONAL
AS THE 2010 WORLD CUP
WILL BE HOSTED BY SOUTH AFRICA.

THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSURED BY:
SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY. AND SUPPORTED BY:
(Federation Internationale de Football Association) FIFA SUPPORT.


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