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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:
  • "global mega lottery"
• 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.
  • richard_6000baloyi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "richard baloyi" <richardbaloyi888@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:26:19 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS' CONGRATULATIONS' CONGRATULATIONS'

GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY
Universal Buildiing, 132 - 133 Park Hurst
Balfour - Unite 1440
Johannesburg, Gauteng 2001
SOUTH AFRICA
OMEGA CROSSING.
TEL: 27-83 553 67 93.



Congratulations!

WINNING NOTIFICATION


The Global Mega Lottery Promotion team is proud to inform you that you have
won USD1950,000.00 Why you have won Your E-mail address is one of 200 lucky
Addresses who have won in the weekly Promotion.

See below how to claim your prize.

Details on the Winnings

Your Winning Reference Number is: FLS-ZR39-825P-4

Batch Number: 74-263-BBN.

TICKET NUMBER:100-309-7482

SERAIL NUMBER:513-10

WINNING NUMBERS:02,09,22,23,24,30(05)

Just contact our processing manager below for claiming of your prize and
remember to quote your reference and Batch Number for easy processing of
your prize. That's it!


Just contact our processing Agent below for claiming of your prize and
remember to quote your reference and Batch Number for easy processing of
your prize. That's it!

PRIZE LEGAL CLAIM FORM

REFERENCE NUMBER.

BATCH NUMBER

FULL NAME:

FULL ADDRESS:

OCCUPATION:

COUNTRY:

DATE OF BIRTH:

COPY OF PASSPORT/ I. D.NO :

PHONE AND FAX NUMBER:

BANK ADDRESS:

BANK PHONE AND FAX NUMBER:.

Processing Manager: Mr. Richard Baloyi

TEL: 27-83 553 67 93

EMAIL:(richard_6000baloyi@yahoo.com)

Congratulations again and have a lot of fun. The International Mega
Promotion team

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