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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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")
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +27787695547 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Members Members <co.members_c@msn.com>
Reply-To: <ukbox1@live.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:46:02 +0000
Subject: SOCCER INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD NOTIFICATION 2009



REFNº:EGS/2251256003/02
Released Date 21/03/2009
BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD
Winning Numbers: 4 12 19 21 34 44 38


SOCCER INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD NOTIFICATION 2009


Dear Lucky Winner,

The Soccer National Lottery wishes to inform you that the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program held in FIFA 2010 World Cup South African Hosting Congregational Committees Congress in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Your email address have been picked as a winner of Rand700, 000.00 {Seven Hundred Thousand Rand, South African currency} and equivalent to USD$1,000,000.00 {One Million United States Dollars}, therefore you are qualify to claim a lump sum of USD$1,000,000.00.
This result is now released to you 4, 12, 19, 21, 34, and 44-38.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 union associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place biannually i.e. twice in a year.


All winning must be claimed not later than 7 DAYS of your notification winning date 21st/3/, 2009. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to the FIFA Union Treasury as unclaimed Prize.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.
Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claim is been processed and release to you.


This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program, for the release of your winning, kindly contact the funds department in National Lottery Head Quarters at Johannesburg South Africa.
You are to contact the funds department via the following e-mail address/telephone numbers and you are to produce the below personal details to our claim manager for confirmation of your winnings.

Congratulations Once again.

Kindly contact our claim Manager:
Claim Manager: Dr James Williams
E-mail : ukbox1@live.com or
Direct Tel: +27 78 769 5547

WINNER VERIFICATION FORM

Kindly fill the following and question and forward it to your to the claim agent with the contact information above:


1. Names in Full: ( __________________________ )

2, Country of Residing: ( _________________ )

3, Fax: ( ________________________ )

4, Your Mobile No: ( ____________________ )

5, Occupation: ( ______________________ )

6, Amount Won: ( ________________________ )

7, Email address: ( ______________________ )

8, Ref No: ( ______________________ )

9, Winning No: ( ____________________ )

10, Your Notification Date of winning ( _________________ )


Thank you for being part of email account users program.

Members Lottery Board of Directors:

JOSEPH S. BLATTER (FIFA PRESIDENT) Dr. Chung Mong-Joon (FIFA VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, Jim Brown, (FIFA DIRECTOR OF COMPETITIONS), Jerome Valcke, (FIFA GENERAL SECRETARY), Kgalema Motlanthe (SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT), REV.DR.MAKHENKESI STOFILE (SOUTH AFRICAN MINISTER OF SPORT) AND MR.GERT OOSTHUIZEN, (DEPTUTY).

Anti-fraud resources:

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