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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")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "united state dollar" (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.
  • +27834294878 (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.
  • danny_jordan@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: danny jordan <prestigious_7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <danny_jordan@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 19:47:44 +0200
Subject: Please contact your claims agent. (Mr. Danny Jordan)







YOUR WINNING LOTTERY.
COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL DRAW

THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE PROMOTION MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.


PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY .
YOU HAVE WON ON THE COMPUTER BALLOT,

THE SUM OF USD$ 850,000.00

PLEASE CONTACT

(MR. DANNY JORDAN)

YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IN AFRICA ON THE BELOW DETAILS

FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT

EMAIL: danny_jordan@myway.com


(PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY SA.)

PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION


This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your USD$, 850,000,00 (Eigth Hundred And Fifty Thousand United State Dollars) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe or Africa.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 20,200,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

Note that your email address qualified for the draw, as a result of your visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for You/Your Company email address, attached to the following information below and consequently YOU HAVE won in the (2ND) Second Category.


Type: Lotto Plus.
Serial Number. 754-77
Your winning Ticket Number is Number. S/A/N/LYour Insurance Number: BBTHY/453L/GMSA
Your lucky draw Numbers are. 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 46 Bonus Number 40

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of USD$850,000,00 in cash, which is the winning payout for the year 2007 category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$21,500,000.00 shared among the five international winners in the Second category. CONGRATULATIONS!

Please be informed that you have to contact your claiming agent on the neccessary step to take for the claiming of the sum of USD$850,000,00 is insured with your email address which won you this prize, therefore you should contact (PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY) your agent and give them your full names so that they will re-insure your WINNING under your full names.

Please note that (PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY) which is your paying agent, will invite you to their office in Johannesburg South Africa for your immediate payment, and you have to hurry up and contact them immediately. To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent immediately Mr. Danny Jordan.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers and other information provided above and below in every of your correspondences with your claims agent.


PRESTIGIOUS LOTTERY WORLD WIDE LOTTO PROGRAM IS A BONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE 2010 SOCCER WORLD CUP IN SOUTH-AFRICA.

Congratulations'' once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,



MR. DANNY JORDAN.
CLAIMS AGENT.
+27-83-429-4878.
danny_jordan@myway.com



LAST WINNERS ON PRESTIGIOUS SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTERY.














THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSURED BY: SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY. AND SUPPORTED BY: (F餩ration Internationale de Football Association) FIFA SUPPORT











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