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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +27839565147 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Global Mega Lottery <jskadimos@live.co.za>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:59:05 +0200
Subject: YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS WON YOU CASH PRIZE.


From the desk of the Foreign=20
Operation manager Global=20
Mega Lottery: Universal Building
234, Woodmead, Johannesburg,=20
South Africa.
=20
Dear Selected Winner,
=20
GLOBAL MEGAL LOTTERY LUCKY DRAW NOTICE
=20
We are pleased to inform you that you have won a cash prize of US$820,000.=
00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in our online=
Sweepstakes International program.
=20
Selection process was carried out through random selection in our computer=
ized e-mail selection system from a database of over 250,000.00 email addr=
esses drawn from all the continents of the world, which your e-mail addres=
s was among the first Nine (9) lucky winners picked in the final draw.
=20
Please note that: your total winning fund of US$820,000.00 is now deposite=
d with the Global Omega Finance and insured with your e-mail which won you=
the prize.
=20
Meanwhile, in the preliminary step to begin your claim, you are advised to=
contact your accredited legal firm with the following details of yours, s=
o that they will re-insure your money with your full names.
=20
(1) Your Full Name:=20
(2) Your Age:=20
(3) Sex:=20
(4) Your Contact Address:
(5) Your Country of Origin:
(6) Your State:
(7) Your City:
(8) Your Occupation:=20
(9) Company:
(10) Your direct telephone number:
=20
THIS IS THE CONTACT DETAILS OF THE ACCCREDITED LEGAL FIRM IN CHARGE OF YOU=
R CLAIM=20
=20
Name of the Legal Firm: Jose Kadimo Attorneys.
Contact Person: Barrister Jose Kadimo
Mobile: +27 83 956 5147
E-mail: jskadimos@live.co.za [mailto:jskadimos@live.co.za]=20
Address: Cradock Lyttelton Centurion,=20
0157 Johannesburg, South Africa.
=20
This Raffle Draw was organized by the Global Mega Lottery (GML) in conjunc=
tion with the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the 2010 World Cup; this=
is to create awareness for the World Cup, as South Africa is finalizing t=
heir preparation for the hosting of the 2010 World Cup.
=20
BELOW ARE YOUR WINNING DETAIL: -
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(1) Computer Draws Number: GML/107=20
(2) E-mail Code Number: 195SN/2010/ILGC/LOC/ZA
(3) Jackpot Winner Number: 9,12,21,27,39,42+44
(4) Winning Insurance Policy Number: OMIC/GMLP/3371/ZA
(5) Insurance Company Name: Old Mutual Insurance Company
(6) Reference number: GLOR-39-4025-P
(7) Batch Number: 7490-26004-ZZA
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To avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program from any me=
mber of the society who are not the rightful winner, you are advised to ke=
ep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and=
your winning money remitted to you.=20
Congratulations once more from members of staff and thank you for being pa=
rt of our promotional program.=20
=20
Yours Truly,=20
=20
Mrs. Rosemary Ellen Meaden
Foreign Operation Manager=20
Global Mega Lottery-SA.




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*http://www.produkte.web.de/messenger/=3Fdid=3D3016* [http://www.produkte.web.=
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