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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")
  • "million 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.
  • +27735335500 (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.
  • infoclaimsdpinfoclaimsdp@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONS."
<sate-ry-14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <infoclaimsdpinfoclaimsdp@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:25:56 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION!YOU ARE ONE OF OUR LUCKY WINNERS.CONTACT THE CLAIMS
PROCESSING DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY





2010 FIFA WORLD CUP AWARD
Headquarters: 17, Brixon
Court Carlton East Gate
Website: www.southafrica.info/2010/fnb-tickets.htm
www.southafrica.info/pls/cms/show_gallery_sa_info?p_gid=5892&p_site_id=38







Attn: Sir/Madam, International Promotional Award Notification

We happily announcing to you that you are a winner! Of South African 2010 World cup International award Program, your e-mail address attached to ticket number: SA/FNB/037/580003 ZA with! Serial number 9621 drew the winning: FNB/12)8)1)48)11)7)2), which subsequently won you the price award in the 3rd category of South African 2010 World cup international ticket awards program. Your name has therefore been approved to claim a free ticket for South Africa 2010 world cup and a total sum of (US $ 820,000.00) Eight hundred and twenty thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file SA/2010/001400/07/ZA. This is from a total cash prize of US $30, 0000, 0000.00 (Thirty Million United States dollars) shared among the first 400 lucky winners in this category worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our booklet representative office in South Africa as indicate in the play coupon. In view of this, your (Eight hundred and twenty thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you through the assistance of Mrs. Rose Johnson FNB banker in South Africa .
All participants were selected randomly from Worldwide through computer draw system, Web sites, millions of Super markets and cash invoices at the place where you have been before, that was were the computer draw system selected you to be among the lucky recipients to receive this ticket award and kindly note that you will only be chosen to receive the donation once;
do not bother following up this email if you have benefited from this donation before. This program took place to promote South African 2010 world cup award. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential un till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.


Please you are advised to contact the banker and file for your claim immediately.

Name: Dr.David Maloi (Fiduciary claim agent)
Tel: +27-73-533-5500
E-Mail: (infoclaimsdpinfoclaimsdp@yahoo.com)

The banker will commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact her. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has successfully won this ticket award competition.

Thank you for being part of our International promotional ticket award program; this was signed by Derek Carstens FNB brand price director.

2010 world cup Copyright(c) 2007 by International promotional ticket award program.


19941 2010 20052 006078910

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