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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:
  • " lotto international " (no such lottery exists)
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
• 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +27736188130 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +27866971958 (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.
  • claimsagentdepartment@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AIRTECH LOTTERY.ORG" <claims_agent2@enownow.com>
Reply-To: claimsagentdepartment@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 18:54:54 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AIRTECH LOTTERY.ORG
445 BILLWAY ROAD,
KWAZULU NATAL,SOUTH AFRICA

CONGRATULATIONS!

From: The director of the Prize Award Department
REF: ZAR/75338098/2007.
BATCH: 33/117780/KH/PPZ

Attn: The Owner of this Email Address


Re: Award Notification of Final Notice


We are pleased to inform you of the release on the 2nd JULY. 2007,the Result of the AIRTECH WORLDWIDE LOTTO, SA promotion program held on the 29th JUNE 2007.Your email address attached to the ticket number 833-226588-560 with serial number 27-10-67-60-73-40, which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been awarded the lump sum of RANDS 30,000,000.00 in cash credited to file number ZAR/02664427/2007.

Your funds are deposited with a security company, which will be insured in your name once you contact the security company. Due to a mix up of some names and numbers, we strongly recommend that you keep this award a top secret from the public notice until your claim have been processed and the money remitted to your account. This is a part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwanted scams of this Program by other participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 email addresses from all over the world as a part of our International promotional program, which is done twice annually. We hope that with a part of your prize, you will take part in our end of year high Stake #1.3bn lottery. To avoid fraud and scams, and to begin your claim, Please contact only your assigned agent, Mr.LODRICK KHUZA; Foreign Service Manager of AIRTECH LOTTERY.ORG via email on (claims_agent2@enownow.com)For processing and remittance of your money to a designated account of your choice. All prize money must be claimed not later

than 14days from the date of this notice, as after this date, all funds will be returned to AIRTECH Worldwide LOTTO INTERNATIONAL as unclaimed.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference and batch number in every correspondence with us, or your agent. Furthermore, if you have changed your email address, do contact your agent notifying him of the change.

Congratulations once more for and on behalf of all members of my staff And thank you for being a part of our promotions program.

You are advise to please fill out the verification form below for the processing of your claim. And forward it back via email to your claim agent.

Yours sincerely,

Mr.LODRICK KHUZA
CLAIMS MANAGER.
TEL: +27-73-618-8130
FAX: +27-86-697-1958
Email: claims_agent2@enownow.com

VERIFICATION FORM:

1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:
6.) STATE/PROVINCE:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE:
9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:
10.) COMPANY:
11.)TICKET NUMBER:
12.)REFERENCE NUMBER:
13.)BATCH NUMBER:
14.)EMAIL ADDRESS:
15). ATTACH A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENSE:

CLAIMANTSIGNATORY DECLARATION
====================================
I, .....................................HEREBY
DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEVER RECIEVED ANY SETTLEMENT FROM THE NATIONALLOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOR ANY MEMBER OF MY ? FILLED CLAIM ON MY BEHALF TO NATIONAL LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION. I, THEREFORE, SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING PROMOTION TO ACT ON MY BEHALF IN THE PROCESSING AND TRANSFER MY PRIZE AS INSTRUCTED BY ME.
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Good luck from me and members of staff of the SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
MR.GERALD MATHEBULA.
Email:claimsagentdepartment@gmail.com
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION.



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