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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.
• 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.
  • +447040104212 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +27739128324 (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.
  • adamszuma20@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3dadamszuma20@yahoo.ca
  • ukdraw100@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • aw100@hotmail.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: Euro-Afro-American-Sweep stake Lottery <ukdraw@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:31:05 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION




From: Mrs. MONICA MARTINS.
Euro-Afro-American-Sweep stakeLottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shireNottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom.
Customer Service: 580 NCA85914.
Ref: EAAHK/941OYI/04.
Batch: 12/25/DC34.=20

CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION=20

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweep stakeL=
ottery International Programs held on the 10th JULY 2008 in Essex United K=
ingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B956475604545188wit=
h! Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 01/10/11/18/19/46, which subseque=
ntly won you the lottery in the 2ndcategory.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of GBP 820,000.00 (E=
ighty Hundred and Twenty Thousand British Pounds) in cash credited to file=
KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of GBP1100, 000, 00Milli=
on British Pounds, shared among the first One Hundred and thirty(130) luck=
y winners in this category world-wide. Please note that your lucky winning=
number falls
Within our Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in yo=
ur play coupon. In view of this, yourGBP820, 000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twe=
nty Thousand British Pounds) would be released to you by Absa Bank South A=
frica.

Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the =
release of your funds as Soon as you contact him. All participants were se=
lected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and=
extracted from over 10, 000, 00 companies. This promotion takes place ann=
ually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning Informat=
ion CONFIDENTAL till your claim is processed and your money remitted to yo=
u in whatever manner you like to claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unw=
arranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be wa=
rned. To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding agent in So=
uth Africa with your winning details immediately you read this Message for=
quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information is as follow:-=


NAME: AGENT ADAMS ZUMA .
E-mail:< adamszuma20@yahoo.ca [http://us.mc599.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose=3Ft=
o=3Dadamszuma20@yahoo.ca]>
DirectLine: + 27 73 91 28 32 4.
Fax : + 27-86 6 0 34 6 31 .

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 28th AUGU=
ST 2008. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote yourr=
eference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents o=
r us. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this progra=
m that has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being Part of =
our promotional lottery program.

FULLNAME:
NATIONALITY:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:
DATE OF BIRTH:
SEX:
MARITAL:
CONTACTADDRESS:
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
REF NUMBERS:=20
BATCHNUMBERS:
WINNING NUMBERS:
TOTAL AMOUNT WON:
Sincerely,
Mrs. MONICAMARTINS.
Tel: + 44 70 40 10 42 12 .
ukdraw100@hotmail.co.uk [http://us.mc599.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose=3Fto=3Dukdr=
aw100@hotmail.co.uk]

UnitedKingdom zonal Secretary General.
Mr. Alexandra Davis
Tel: + 44 70 3189 49 12.

Thank you for your Co-operation.



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