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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 agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million british pounds" (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.
  • +27731471363 (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.
  • lottery.claimsdepartment@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: South Africa Lottery Organization <result.department001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <lottery.claimsdepartment@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:34:41 +0200
Subject: Congratulations!!! You are award winner (17).




SWEEPSTAKES INTERNATIONAL
FREE 2010 LOTTERY PROMOTION. 2nd Floor SABC Universal Building Auckland Park, 2006 Henley Road. Johannesburg, Guateng South Africa. WINNING NOTIFICATION.






We happily announce to you the draw of the South Africa 2010 Free Lottery Programs held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545-188 with serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £750,000.00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02. This is from a total cash prize of £60, 000, 000, 00 (Sixty Million British Pounds) shared amongst the first Eighty (80) lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through a computer drawn system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place annually. For security, this is part of precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

To Commence your claims, please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your winning fund.

Contact Person:
Agent: Mr. Martin ThaboPhone: +27 73 147 1363Email: lottery.claimsdepartment@yahoo.com

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please provide the below information and sent it to your claims agent with the above contact information.

APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM FORM - E (Receipt Official Notification Letter) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [FULL NAME OF WINNER]....................................................

[RESIDENT ADDRESS]...........................................................[STATE].......................................................................................
[COUNTRY/ REGION].............................................................[DATE OF BIRTH]........../........./............ [SEX]....................... [OCCUPATION]........................................................................[TEL/FAX]...................................................................................
[ACCOUNT DETAILS].............................................................

Congratulations once more from members and staff of this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

Mr. Steve Bikko

(Promotions Manager).
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