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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 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.
  • johnson41111mayo@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lotho international" <lotho2099926@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:43:40 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION!! YOU HAVE WON $500.000 Dollars

                  LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME

                                                Category No: 1st Category                                                        
                                     Winning No: 60/84/27/17/36 
                                     Reference No:B966575604546199

                                     Serial No:97560

                                     From January 2007 Edition 

 

From The Desk of Mr.Smith Zuma

(An Independent Draw Auditors & Management Co-ordinators)

Euro/Afro/ Asia/America International Lottery

Promotional Programme Award Held In Zurich Switzerland.

# Lotteries Headquarters: 31, Brixon Court,
Carlton East Gate,
Johannesburg,
Republic of South Africa.

 

SUB "LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION"

Attn: Dear Winner,

Congratulations!!! We wishes to use this medium to officially notify you on the final notification that your Name and email address has being selected among the 10 Lucky Winners Worldwide for the South African International Lotteries Promotional Programme based on the South African 2010 World Cup hosting as announced on Saturday, 15 May, 2004 by FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland to be played in South Africa in 2010. You're Name, Email address and attached to the Ticket Reference Numbers: (B9665 57560454 6199) with! SERIAL NUMBERS: 97560 and Winning NUMBER (60/84/27/17/36) drew the winning you the winning of the sum of US$500.000 (five hundred thousand united dollars) which subsequently won you the Lottery Award Winner in the 1st Category of this Lottery Programme. All participants were selected randomly from the Worldwide Business and/or Trade Journals, Web-Site & Email addresses through Computer Super Draw System and extracted from over 2.000.000.00 (Two Million) individual Emails, Companies and Corporate Organizations Names and Addresses as listed from their various Country's Trade and Investment Journals in their Web-site from Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe, New Zealand and Australia, North - South and Central America to promote this Lottery Programme Award by the Independent Lottery Draw Auditors. 

You're Name and Ref. File Number has therefore been approved to claim a Total Sum of US$500.000 [five hundreed thousand united dollars

 (five hundreed thousand united dollars) in cash credited to REF. FILE NO# (KPC/9030108308/03). This is from the Total Cash Prize of US$9,000.000.00 (NIne Million United States Dollars) Jackpot to be shared among the first Ten LUCKY WINNERS in the 1st Category Worldwide this year 2007 in this Lottery Programme. Please note that your Lucky Winning Numbers falls within our Lottery Booklet Representative office here in Johannesburg, South Africa as indicate in the Play Coupon of the National Lotteries Board Commission Award in Johannesburg, South African Regional Office of this Lotteries Board. In view of this, your US$500.000 (five hundreed thousand united dollars) would be released to you by our Accredited Representative "Lottery Consultant Claim Agent " immediately he commences the processes to facilitate the release and transferring of your funds as soon as you contact him as allocated and insured under your Ref. File Numbers, approved and signed as the beneficiary to this fund in your name. Also your claim award included with Free Flight Ticket and Seven (7) Days Hotel Reservation in one of the Five Star Hotels during the World Cup Festive in 2010.

This Lottery Programme took place to promote the South African 2010 World Cup hosting as announced by FIFA in Zurich Switzerland to be played in South Africa in 2010. For Security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information CONFIDENTIAL till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you for being one of our Lucky Winners of this Lottery prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements. (Please be warned).  To file for your claim, please CALL OR CONTACT our Accredited/Authorized Representatives Lottery Feduciary Consultant Claim office immediately.

PLEASE CALL (johnson mayo)  COODINATOR IMMIDIATELY FOR YOUR CLAIM

His contact information is as follows:

Name: johnson mayo.

Telephone: 27-73-58-19080

E-mail: johnson41111mayo@yahoo.com

Please fill the below spacimen and send to the Feduciary claim agent in RSA Johannesburg.

FIL THE  FORM  BELOW  AND SEND IT,TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT

(JOHNSON MAYO THROUGH VIA EMAIL : johnson41111mayo@yahoo.com

 

AND CAll HIM ON Tel: 27-73-58-19080 

 

FIRST AME:.....................................................................................................................

 

SURE NAME:.............................................................................................................

 

SERIAL

NUMBERS.......................................................................................................

 

REFERENCE

NUMBERS...............................................................................................

 

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

 

CATEGORY

NUMBER......................................................................................................

 

WINNING AMOUNT........................................................................................................

 

TELEPHONE NUMBER.................................................................................................

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION.........................................................................................

 

STATE.......................................................................................................................

 

COUNTRY...................................................................................................................

 

AGE.....................................................................................................

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:...........................................................................................

 

BANK ADDRESS:............................................................................

 

 

 

NOTE, YOU HAVE  ONE MONTH TO CLAIM YOUR MONEY AS SOON AS YOU  CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS FEDUCIARY  AGENT HERE IN RSA.

 

Please be informed that the entire winning prize must be claimed on or before 30 days of this notification. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications. Kindly quote your Reference/Batch Numbers in any correspondences with our designated Consultant Claim Agent. Thanks for being part of this International Lottery Promotional Programme and for your participation in this Lottery Programme. "Age Restriction of under 18 yrs applied"

For your own intrest, do not disclose your lottery winning information to anybody untill you recieve your lottery winning prize
money. BE WARNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation. Approved, Dispatched and Signed:
Yours Faithfully,

MR. SMITH ZUMA.

(Zonal Co-ordinator Sec.) 
on Behalf of Mr. Rudolf Phillip Markhams. 
    (Zonal Co-oridinator)

 

Congratulations from the Staff & Members of the 
       National Lottery Board Commission                             

 

 

 

                                 

Mr. Smith Zuma                          Mr. p  markhams                            Mrs. Rosemary     

Copyright © 2004-2010 The International Lottery Inc. 
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

 

 

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