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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.
• 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.
  • +27791247454 (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.
  • clmdpt0@aol.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Intercontinental Mega Lottery <int.mega.lot44@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:42:49 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER!!!




THE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS MANAGER,THE INTERCONTINENTAL MEGA LOTTERY.UNIVERSAL BUILDING, 132-133 PARK HURSTBALFOUR UNIT 1440. JOHANNESBURG. 2001SOUTH AFRICA.







THE INTERCONTINENTAL MEGA LOTTERY******************************************
Lottery Prize Winning Announced Today THE 2nd OF JUNE 2007******************************************

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release from the Intercontinental Mega Lottery program. Your email address and 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 USD) (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLAR) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from 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. Your winning details fell in our African representatives in Johannesburg South Africa.

As indicated in your play coupon your prize of ($850.000.00 USD) (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLAR) 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. MICHAEL JACOBS or Mrs. NANCY VAN, EMAIL ADDRESS: (clmdpt0@aol.co.uk) 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 11th OF JUNE 2007 otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed to the ministry of finance.


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

CONTACT OUR CLAIM DEPARTMENTDr. MICHAEL JACOBS or Mrs. NANCY VANEMAIL CONTACT: clmdpt0@aol.co.uk
TELEPHONE: +27791247454
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICAINTERCONTINENTAL MEGA LOTTERY UNIVERSAL 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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