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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)
  • "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)
  • "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +27741819711 (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.
  • maxwellmotene2010@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3amaxwellmotene2010@hotmail.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "maria steve" <maria.stv161@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:15:03 +0200
Subject: FROM GLORIA STEVE WINNING NOTIFICATION 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP


FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, Mrs. Zeldah Karabo.

EUROPEAN/UK/S.A.UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS

BID SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY

AWARD DEPARTMENT.UNITED KINGDOM/SOUTH AFRICA

(Customer Services)

Ref: FER/4690/6103/24

Batch: 245-379-482

Winning No: 2-9-22-23-24-30

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World Cup Bid
Lottery Award International programs held in U.K your "email address" was
attached to ticket number; 12324277 serial number 6663817262 This batch
draws the lucky numbers as follows -9-22-23-24-30 bonus number 2, which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of £750. 000.00 (seven hundred
and fifty thousand pounds) file Ref: FER/8309/1209/26 from the total cash
prize of 18,000,000.00 shared amongst lucky winners based on their category.


All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies and
some other EU governmental personality's part of their social responsibility
to promote South Africans 2010 world cup award. the citizens in the
communities where they have operational base.

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agent
immediately with this information:

NAME:..................................

ADDRESS:...............................

NATIONALITY:...........................

SEX:...................................

AGE:...................................

PHONE/MOBILE:..........................

FAX:...................................

OCCUPATION:............................

COMPANY:...............................

BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:............................................

The lottery program took place to promote South Africans 2010 world cup
award.

Please you are advised to file for your claim immediately through our Agent
in South Africa Mr. Maxwell Motene, for the claim of your prize. Call him on
the phone immediately you received this message because you stand a risk of
loosing the prize if you fail to claim within a month from the day you
received this notification.

His contact details are as follows...

NAME: MR MAXWELL MOTENE.

(CLAIM AGENT).

Email:maxwellmotene2010@hotmail.co.uk<Email%3Amaxwellmotene2010@hotmail.co.uk>

TEL: +27-741-819-711

Call him on the phone immediately you receive this mail.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid dual
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant
or unofficial personnel.

Note.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours faithfully,

Gloria Steve.

Online coordinator

EUROPEAN/UK/S.A UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS,

Open 7 days 7am-7pm.

Anti-fraud resources:

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