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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "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.
  • +27732223816 (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.
  • smithlawchamber@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Micheal Steve" <fifacup201014@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:50:05 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION WINNER


**

*WINNING NOTIFICATION
FROM: THE MANAGER INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
DEPTARTMENT,GOLDEN POOLS LOTTERY.
677 MUTUAL PARK JAN SMUTS DRIVE,
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.

REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH NO: 200AUGTL#76110B

YOU ARE WINNER NO: 20

RE: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION


ATTENTION: OUR HONORABLE WINNER,

GOLDEN POOLS LOTTERY WORLDWIDE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE
FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE ONE
OF THE WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL GOLDEN POOLS LOTTERY
CONDUCTED IN SOUTH AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2010. THIS
YEAR'S LOTTERY PROGRAM WAS HELD AT THE
NELSON MANDELA SQUARE , SANDTON , SOUTH AFRICA ON THE 2nd OF MARCH 2008.

YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO THE DRAW WITH SERIAL NUMBER S/N-00168
AND IT DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 3, 8, 13, 22, 27, 41 BONUS NUMBER 12 AND
CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE SECOND CATEGORY OF THE DRAW. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN
APPROVED THE SUM OF $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR) ONLY
PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF. NO: MSW-L/200-26937. THIS IS FROM THE
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF
$125,000,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
SHARED AMONG ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE (125) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS
IN SECOND CATEGORY.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES THROUGH OUR COMPUTER
BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM TEN MILLION CONSTANT E-MAIL USERS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD WITH EACH CONTINENT IN PARTICIPATION, AS PART OF THE FIFA WORLDCUP
PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR PROMINENT WEB USERS ALL
OVER THE WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE SOUTH AFRICA FIFA WORLDCUP
2010.

YOUR FUND HAS BEEN INSURED WITH ONE OF OUR SPONSORS-OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE AND
WILL BE PAID TO YOU BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER (TT) THROUGH OUR CLAIM AGENT
(DETAILS BELOW).

YOUR SERIAL NUMBER. S/N-00168

YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE. 3, 8, 13, 22, 27, 41 BONUS NUMBER 12
YOUR INSURANCE NUMBER: FLS433/453L/GMSA

NOTE: THAT YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH
YOUR CLAIM AGENT FOR REFFERENCE PURPOSE, THROUGH THE
CONTACT DETAILS CONTAINED HEREIN. QUOTE YOUR WINING NUMBERS AND NO. 20. AS
PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL,QUOTE ALSO THIS SECURITY CODE: MSW/AUG/XX06 TO
YOUR CLAIM AGENT TO AVOID MISAPPROPRIATION OR SCAM.

NAME: BARRISTER SMITH THAMBO ESQ.
Solicitor, Advocate and Attorney Of The
Republic Of South Africa

EMAILS: **smithlawchamber@yahoo.com* <smithlawchamber@yahoo.com>
*
PHONE: +27 73 222 3816

REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE
CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE 14DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE OR FORFEITED TO
GOVERNMENT TREASURY.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF GOLDEN
POOLS LOTTERY / THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FIFA WORLDCUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 TO
ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM.


OUR SPONSORS: ADIDAS, SONY, PEUGEOT, MTN, EMIRATES AIRLINES, BMW, SOUTH
AFRICAN AIRLINES, OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE, VODACOM, BENITA GROUP, LUCIN GROUP,
JULIUS BERGER, SAMSUNG ETC...

ENDEAVOUR TO EMAIL YOUR CLAIM AGENT WITH THE REQUIRED DATA BELOW:

1. FULL NAMES: ____________________________
2. COUNTRY:________________________________
3. RES ADDRESS: ___________________________
4. SEX: ____________________________________
5. AGE: ____________________________________
6. OCCUPATION: _____________________________*

*7. TELEPHONE NUMBER: ______________________
8. BATCH NUMBER: ____________________________
9. WINNER NUMBER: _________________________*

*10.REF NUMBER: _______________________________*

*11.AMOUNT WON: ______________________________
12.EMAIL ID:_____________________________________ *

*
YOURS SINCERELY,

MRS. VICTORIA THERON
PROMOTIONS MANAGER
GOLDEN POOLS LOTTERY

*

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