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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim 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)
  • ",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.
  • +27780531122 (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.
  • adamsagent@jmail.co.za
  • adamsadams240@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: CONGRATULATION!!!CONGRATULATION!!! <adams_adams237@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:30:54 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!CONGRATULATION!!!


BRITISH MICROSOFT E-MAIL SELECT AWARD FROM HEAD OFFICES LONDON

British Microsoft Award
Headquarters: Customerservice
33 Yatch Basin Marina Office,
UponTyne Newcastle London

Attn:Winner
Your email address have just won a Yahoo cum Windows live prize money of ONE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) (GBP£1,000,000.00) today 13th JUN 2008.

Award winners emerge through random selection of all active email subscribers online. Six are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
Winners are to be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. This Prize Award must be claimed in not later than 30 days from date of draw notification after which unclaimed prizes are cancelled.
WINNER NO: 2 (Get ed traffic to your web site!)
These are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER:MFI/07/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522
AWARD WINNING NO: 2

These numbers fall within the South African file. you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Johannesburg and send your winning identification numbers to him:
CONTACT OUR AGENT:Dr Adams Omar
UNITED KINGDOM MICROSOFT AWARD REPRESENTATIVE AGENT IN SOUTH AFRICA 6115 LILIAN ROAD, FORDSBURG, 2092
P O BOX 906171
MARSHALL TOWN 2107
Johannesburg, South Africa
Email: [mailto:adamsagent@jmail.co.za]adamsadams240@gmail.com
PHONE NUMBER:+27-780-531-122
Kindly send the following information to your claim agent to facilitate the release of your fund.
1. Full Names:.................................................................
2. Date of birth:................................................................
3. Sex:.............................................................................
4. Total amount won::.....................................................
5. Nationality:..................................................................
6. Contact Address: ........................................................
7. Telephone Number:.....................................................
8. Occupation:................................................................
9.Your Winning serial and ref. no:................................
10.ing Email address:.....................................................
Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,
Dr.(Mrs)Felicia Dan

NOTE
You are hereby advised not to disclose the content of this Prize Award until your money have been remitted to you to avoid disqualification that will arise from dual claim.

Best Regard,
DR. C. Mark Van
Lottery Board Director.



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