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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • +27732496910 (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.
  • drpe@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: dr pedros <drpedros36@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:54:29 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS - WINNING NOTIFICATION!




https://www.swisslotto.ch


From: Mrs. Ann Yanik


To: Lucky Winner

Reference Numbers: MCSAJ/007
Batch Numbers : 12/27/Du34.
Winning Numbers : 4/21/25/37/45/46/06/10/30
Winning Amount : £525,000.00

CONGRATULATIONS - WINNING NOTIFICATION!


Dear Sir/Madam,

We Gladly inform you of Swiss Lotto joint South Africa 2010 World cup Satellite Software Email Lottery Online sweepstakes international Promotion Programs 2007 Bonanza. Your E-mail address attached to ticket number: B956475604545188 with Serial number 97560 drew the winning number: 4/21/25/37/45/46/06/10/30, which subsequently won you the lottery in the First category. You are therefore approved to claim a total sum of £525,000.00(Five Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand British Pound Sterlings) in cash credited to file number KPC/9080118308/02. This is from a total cash prize Of £2.725Million shared among the First Five{5} lucky winners in the first category. All participants were selected randomly from the World Wide Website through computer draws system and extracted from over 100,000,000.00 One Hundred Million Companies and Individuals E-mail addresses of which you are one of the lucky Winners.
*To Claim your Prize Money,Contact our Payment/ Claim Agent on below details;
Contact Person: Dr.Patrick Robinson
Phone Number: +27 73 249 6910
*Send your below Informations to them on

E-mail: drpe@yahoo.com

1. Your Reference Numbers { MCSAJ/007}
2. Your Full Name.[ Surname and other names].
3. Your Present Postal Address.
4. Your Date of Birth, Place of Birth and Nationality.
5. Your Present Occupation.
6. Your Telephone, Mobile and Fax Numbers.
7. Sex and Marital Status.
8.Your Bank informations where your Prize Money will be transferred into.

Please note, That you do not need to buy any ticket to play. It is a Swiss Lotto joint South Africa 2010 World Cup E-mail Address Lottery international Promotion Program 2007 Bonanza. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your Reference Numbers, Batch Numbers and Winning Numbers confidential until you have received your Prize Money. This is to avoid any confusion and wrong claims from fraudulent persons.


Accept our congratulations once again.

Regards,
Mrs. Ann Yanik
{Swiss Lotto joint South Africa 2010 World cup
Online Sweepstakes Co-ordinator}.
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