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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")
• 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.
  • +27742546033 (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.
  • vinabbay06@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "caf2010!! south africa would cup!!!1" <cafsafa_191@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: vinabbay06@aim.com
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:33:47 +0000
Subject: WINING NOTIFICATION!!!

FROM: THE DIRECTOR OF THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REFERENCE NUMBER: SAFA 2010/AFRICA 2004.
BATCH NUMBER: 154-02I-CAF .
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION


CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER

We are pleased to inform you today 27th January 2007 as one of the lucky
winners of our Soccer World Cup Draws held by Confederation of Africa
Football (CAF)/South African Football Association (SAFA) to promote the
first ever soccer world cup in Africa which will be held 2010 in South
Africa,Participants in the draws were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail 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 are qualified for this draw as a result of you visiting various websites
we are running the Electronic-business promotions for. You/Your Company
e-mail address attached with REFERENCE NUMBER: SAFA 2010/AFRICA 2006, BATCH
NUMBER:154-02I-CAF with serial number 000-19 drew The lucky numbers
2-2-14-13-6-36 and consequently won in the third quarter of the 2004
year draw. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
$2,200,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for First category
winners. This is from the total prize money of US$15,000,000.00 shared among
the seven winners in the First category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents. (WINDSOR
FINANCELIMITED) as we have notified them. Due to the mix-up that may arise
from emails of winners and numbers,we ask that you keep this award strictly
from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to you. This is part of our Security Protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with
a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year (2007) high
stakes US$1.2 billion International Lottery. To begin your claim,please
contact our agent who also will be your claims agent.

VINCENT ABEY
CLAIMS/FINANCE MANAGER
WINDSOR FINANCE LIMITED
SANDTON,SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:+27-74-254-6033
FAX:+27-11-219-7119
EMAIL:vinabbay06@aim.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money,Remember you must
contact your claim agent not later than two weeks After this date,
otherwise,all funds will be returned as Unclaimed.
Please contact your claims manager and provide him with the requested
information so that he can Expedite the processing of your claims.

NAME:_______________________________________________________________
COUNTRY:____________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:____________________________________________________________
CITY:____________________STATE/PROV:________________________________
ZIP/POSTAL:_________________________________________________________
PHONE:________________FAX:__________________________________________
EMAIL:______________________________________________________________
REFERENCE NUMBER:___________________________________________________
BATCH NUMBER:_______________________________________________________
AGE:________________________________________________________________

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent. Furthermore you are seriously advised to
keep all winning lottery information and numbers from the public in
line with our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals. Again, should
there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of
our Promotions program.

Yours sincerely,
Customers Service Department
Cafsafa Lotteries.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to disqualification. Anybody below the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified,You are obliged to donate 10% of your winning to any listed
charity organization in South Africa.

Please contact your claims agent

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