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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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)
• 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.
  • +27703911976 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +27866055618 (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.
  • kmoyo_11@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:36:20 +0100
Subject: Mega Flash Lottery Winning Notification,Congratulation.






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/Mega Flash Lottery /

/Headquarters
6102 Lilian Road,Po.Box 76113 Kilptown.2001/

/JHB SOUTH AFRICA
. / TeleFax: +27 703 911 976/
Customer Service/Claims Department

/

/WINNING NOTIFICATION /


*With pleasure The Mega Flash Lottery, organizers of the Sa Online sweepstakes promo, Daily Play, Thunder ball, Lotto Hot picks and Lotto Extra announce to you the result of draw #1154 of the south Africa Lottery sweepstakes online International Program held on the 29Th of Oct 2008 in South Africa.**/

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 647560545 -168 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the Lucky numbers:/*



/ //Bonus/

/ /

*This subsequently won you one of the lucky dip prizes. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollar Only) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07. *

**

**

*/BRIEF WINNING INFORMATION FOR YOUR WINNING: /*

*/There was a computer ballot that was organized by the MEGA FLASH LOTTERY here in South Africa. /*

*//*

*/It was not an individual lotto playing, but the computer itself picked out from all over the world. 1,000,000 email addresses was selected and picked from the Internet, so those email addresses of Participants that was selected and picked from the internet were again selected through a computer ballot system drawn from among the 1,000,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world, this is called the computer ballot. /*

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*/And 7 email addresses was finally picked out from among the total 1,000,000 email addresses, and out of those 7 email addresses, your email address won on the ballot.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies email addresses that are listed online./*

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*Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our booklet representative office in South Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your ($820,000.00) Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars 0nly would be released to you by our paying office in South Africa as soon as you are in contact with your claims agent. This Lottery is approved by the South Africa Gaming Board and also licensed by The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). Do not Forget to quote your reference number(VPTS120) to your claim agent,for him to move forward for your payment.**/

Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!!!

To file for your claim, please contact your Claims Agent in Hi-Tec Security Company been a contractor to our lottery organization. Call him immediately you receive this notification and furnish him with your winners Information’s as stated below via his email.Your winning information follows:/*

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Reference Number:zzxn
Batch Number:00548
Serial Number:6789
Ticket Number:11006





Mr. Kevin Moyo
Claims/Customer Service Department
HI-TEC SECURITY COMPANY
Email: kmoyo_11@yahoo.com [mailto:kmoyo_11@yahoo.com]
Tel: +27 783 250 555
Fax: :+27 86 605 5618



*NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your claims agent.*



*Thank you for being part of our promotional sweepstakes program. Once again congratulations from the entire staff of the SOUTH AFRICA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION.*



*Yours faithfully,*



/Mr.Davis Jack/

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* Online coordinator for MEGA JACKPOT PROMO *

*Copyright © 2008 MEGA FLASH JACKPOT Lottery Promotion** *

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* **All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guidelines.** **
** 77635 476378 255697460*

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