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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")
  • "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)
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • +27737947748 (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.
  • agentforclaim@spinfinder.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERY PROGRAM" <lotterypro@smartnet.mu>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:38:50 +0400
Subject: International Football Associations Board [IFAB]

International Football Associations Board [IFAB]
Confederation of African Football [CAF]
In Conjunction With:
Organizing Committee for FIFA World Cups (TM)
For The South African 2010 worldCup
www.southafrica.info/2010

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Congrats: The Bearer
This is to inform you that the South African Lottery Game Consulting (SALGC)
for the International Football Association Board (IFAB) and the Organizing
Committee for the FIFA 2010 World Cup (TM) in South Africa, has held an
Internet Raffle Draw (IRD), and your Email Address was among the 2000000
Email Addresses that was picked by the computer during the Second Quarter
Raffle Draw (FQRD).

We are therefore with great pleasure, to notify you that your Email Address
subsequently won you the lottery in the 4th category out of the 2000000
Email Addresses, on the FINAL BALLOT DRAW, and this had made you the WINNER
OF THE SUM OF USD$1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars Only) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over
1,000,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online

Be aware that this IRD was organised by the SALGC for the IFAB and the
Organizing Committee for the FIFA 2010 World Cup (TM), to launch a Public
Service Announcement (PSA) to raise awareness among football fans that South
Africa is in full preparation for the hosting of the 2010 World Cup.

BELOW ARE YOUR WINNING DETAILS:

COMPUTER DRAW NUMBER: 177
EMAIL CODE NUMBER: TTYEEWSSE2211775643000
BATCH NO: 14/8052/DC04
REF NO: ZAWC/2010/WWW/064
WINNING INSURANCE POLICY NUMBER: JJA23ZA
INSURANCE COMPANY: SANLAM INSURANCE SA
AMOUNT WON: USD$1,500,000.00

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications quote
your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Should there
be any change of addresses do inform our agent as soon as possible.

AGREEMENT:
IT IS NOW AGREED BY THE SALGC FOR IFAB AND FIFA ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE
2010 WORLD CUP, THAT THE WINNING INFORMATIONS WRITTEN ABOVE ARE THE ORIGINAL
WINNING INFORMATIONS AS WAS SELECTED BY THE COMPUTER FOR THE MONTH OF
AUGUST, AND IT HAS ALSO BEEN AGREED THAT THE WINNER WHOSE WINNING
INFORMATIONS HAS BEEN SENT TO, WILL BE PAID THE WINNING SUM OF USD$1,500,
000.00 WITHOUT FAIL FOR NOT LESS THAN MONTH FROM THE DAY OF NOTIFICATION.

Please contact our financial Claim agent with your Winning and Personal
details for the processing and endorsement of your payment:

Mr.TIM FRIDAY
Claims Manager
Financial Claims Department
Southern Africa Payment Office
Tel:+27-73-794-7748
Email: agentforclaim@spinfinder.com


You are to give the below informations to the claim's agent for verification
via email

1.Full Names & Address:
2.Sex/Age:
3.Nationality:
4.Country Of Residence:
5.Mobile & Fax number:
6.Occupation:
7.Ref Numbers:
8.Batch Numbers:
9.Amt Won:USD$1,500,000


NB:ANYONE BELOW EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE CAN MAKE HIS/ HER CLAIM IN PROXY
THROUGH EITHER OF THE PARENTS.

Once again congratulations from me and members of staff of the IFAB and
Organizing Committee for the FIFA World Cup (TM)

Sincerely Yours
Mr Irvin Khosa
Chairman Organizing Committee for FIFA World Cup (TM)

Anti-fraud resources:

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