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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 british pounds" (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)
• 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 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.
  • woza2010sa@sify.com
  • woza2010sa@starmail.co.za
  • wozasa2010sa@sify.com
  • wozasa2010sa@starmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:11:06 -0500
Subject: Atnt Schreijer_R




South Africa FIFA 2010 World Cup Organizing Lottery Promotion
CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!
Ref No: BTD/988/04
Winning No:W77450T
Dear Lucky Winner,
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of One Million British Pounds [£1, 000,000.00]. This is in line with our promotion for the world-cup come 2010. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
This promotion is sponsored by the Federation International Football Association [FIFA] and approved, licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).
To file for your claim, please contact your Claiming Agent immediately.
Name: MS.ANNE VAN SMITH
Tel: 0027711225868
Email: woza2010sa@sify.com
Cc: woza2010sa@starmail.co.za

KINDLY CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT DIRECTLY ON wozasa2010sa@sify.com forward a copy of your message to : wozasa2010sa@starmail.co.za
FOR FURTHER DIRECTIVES
Please provide the following details for processing of your claim.
VERIFICATION FORM
1, Names in full:
2, Country of Residing:
3, Nationality:
4, Residential Address:
5, Date of Birth/Age:
6, Marital Statue/Sex:
7, Tel/Fax:
8, Mobile No:
9, Occupation:
10, Company:
11, Amount Won:
12, Email address:
13, Ref No:
14, Winning No:
LOTTERY PROMOTION 2010 WORLD-CUP

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam