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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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.
  • +27834719174 (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.
  • irvinkhoza@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • ramond_makhoba@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: irvinkhoza@aim.com
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:31:14 -0800
Subject: VITAL INFORMATION

COCA COLA /SOUTH AFRICA 2010 PRIZE NOTIFICATION
Ref: PBL/CN/6654/CP.
Coupon No.PBL2348974321
irvinkhoza@aim.com


We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final
draws held on the 10h Of March 2007 by Coca-Cola company in conjunction with
the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup Promotion. Your email was among the 4
Lucky winners who won a lump sum of NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS (US$900,000.000 ) each on THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTIONS. However the results were released on the 6th of July 2007 and your email was attached to ticket number (CC/7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (CC/BT:12052006/20) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by
an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.
However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket
numbers for representation and privacy. The selection process was carried out
through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ)
fro m a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents
of the world This Lottery is approved by the South Africa Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

In other to claim your prize winning, contact the Fiduciary Agent Of THE SOUTH AFRICA 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP for verification and claim processing below.

Lottery Claims Officer:
MR. RAMOND MAKHOBA
E-mail:ramond_makhoba@yahoo.fr
Tel: +27834719174

Provide him with the information below:
1.Full Name:
2.Full Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Congratulations once again On Behalf of the staff And Members Of the
COCA COLA COMPANIES and therefore advised you to keep your winning
information confidential and restrict from third Party to avoid double
or false claims of your winning.

IRVIN KHOZA
Email: irvinkhoza@aim.com
(fifa2010 organising co-ordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam