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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")
  • "foreign service manager" (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 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.
  • +27781570289 (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.
  • info_sfb@mail2southafrica.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Intercontinental Mega Lottery" <intermegalott.7@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:02:10 +0100
Subject: INTERCONTINENTAL MEGA LOTTERY

FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
UINVERSAL BUILDING, 132-133 PARK HURST
BALFOUR UNIT 1440. JOHANNESBURG. 2001
GAUTENG.

THE INTERCONTINENTAL MEGA LOTTERY
******************************************************************************
Lottery Prize Winning Announced
Today
THE 13th OF APRIL 2007
******************************************************************************

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release from the
Intercontinental Mega Lottery program. Your name was attached to:


Ticket number; 47061725

Batch number; 7056490902

Winning number; 11-12-34-39-44-48

bonus number 21


which consequently won the lottery in the first category. You hereby have
been approved a lump sum pay of (£850.000.00) (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND POUND STERLING) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
form Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States,
Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international
promotions program. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have
operational base.

As indicated in your play coupon your prize of (£850.000.00) (EIGHT HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUND STERLING) will be released to you from our paying
banks. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our middle
of the year high stakes.

How to claim your prize Simply contact our fiduciary department, Dr. ANNI
MORGAN or Mrs. NANCY VAN, EMAIL ADDRESS: (info_sfb@mail2southafrica.com) to
file for your claim. Please quote your reference, batch and winning number
which can be found on the top of this notification as well as the below
listed informations:


FULL NAMES:

CONTACT ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE/FAX:

WINNING NUMBER:


Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the 30th of APRIL 2007 otherwise
all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
organizations.


!!!Congratulations once again on your
winnings!!!


CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENTS

Dr. ANNI MORGAN or Mrs. NANCY VAN
EMAIL CONTACT: info_sfb@mail2southafrica.com
TELL:+27-781-570-289
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY
UINVERSAL BUILDING, 132-133 PARK HURST
BALFOUR UNIT 1440. JOHANNESBURG. 2001
GAUTENG.




YOU ARE ADVICED TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIM DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY. ANY BREACH OF
CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.


KIND REGARDS,

J. HANSON

PROMOTIONS MANAGER.

FOR INTERCONTINENTAL MEGA LOTTERY.
******************************************************************************
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant
or unofficial personnel.
******************************************************************************

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