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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +27728106132 (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.
  • canadaclaimagent@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • gerreth@canada.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Canada Lottery Board" <canadalotteryboard37@biz.by>
Reply-To: canadaclaimagent@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:03:03 -0700
Subject: Congratulations! You Have US$820,000.00


*FROM THE DESK OF PROMOTIONAL MANAGER
CANADIAN LOTTERY ONLINE LUCKY PROGRAM*
* (LOTTO SUPER 7)*
*YOU HAVE WON US$820,000.00 ! *
**
**
*Dear Winner No2*
**
*Congratulations! Your email address has won US$820,000.00 Dollars in the
Canadian Lottery Online Lucky Program Lotto Super 7 held on friday 13th day
of june 2008 to promote and support South African 2010 FIFA World Cup (the
first World Cup event on African soil) co-sponsored by the Canadian
Government. Your email address drew the winning numbers 1 10 15 24 26 33
42 bonus number 34 , which you subsequently won the lottery in the 2nd
category. Also in your winning package in this category, you are entitled
to a first class round trip air ticket to and fro South Africa, and
one-month hotel reservation in one of the five star hotels, during the month
of the world cup soccer tournament in South Africa by 2010.*
**
*To claim your winning prize please contact our agent.*
**
* (James Khaiya)
Telefax: +27-72 810 6132.
Emails: canadaclaimagent@gmail.com*
**
*(1) Ticket No: 6460DGH*
*(2) Serial No: 0909AOB09*
*(3) Batch No: 2GH267XZZ1-5-42*
*(4) Reference No: 9527BCV-J6-0-0-8*
*(5) Winning No:1 10 15 24 26 33 42 Bonus Number 34 *
**
*This promotion aimed at internet globalization before the year 2010,
thereby empowering internet literacy against monopoly in which email
addresses were used, therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for
it. *
**
*Best wishes,*

* Mrs. Karem Gerreth.
Promotional Manager
CLOLP Lotto Super 7
4120 Yonge Street
Suite 420 Toronto
ON M2P 288 Canada
Tel/fax: +1 205 727 9164.
Email: gerreth@canada.com<http://us.mc545.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gerreth@canada.com>

* *NOTE: To confirm that your email address drew the winning numbers for
13th june 2008 draw, visit: **http://www.canada.com/findit
/lotteries/results.aspx?id<http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id
* *
*Confirm under Super 7.*

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam