419 scam: "Mr.Jim B. West"<2010southafricaworldcup@zoho.com> South African 2010 World Cup international award programs.(WINNING NOTIFICATIO

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "hundred thousand 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 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.
- consultantsouth@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Jim B. West" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <consultantsouth@rediffmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:39:22 +0200
Subject: South African 2010 World Cup international award programs.(WINNING NOTIFICATIO

The National Lottery
Private Bag X130
Halfway House
Midrand,1685

Sir/Madam
WINNING NOTIFICATION

The South African National Lottery is pleased to announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World Cup international award programs. Participants were randomly selected from World Wide Web through computerized draw system and extracted from over (100,000 00) companies and individual email addresses. The National Lottery is conducting this program to promote South African 2010 World Cup.

In the draw, your e-mail address was attached to BATCH Number B96657, WINNING Number’s 40,43,9,35,17,16, BONUS Number 48. This subsequently confers on you the lottery award in the category A. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY) accredited to file (NL9410Y1/08).This is from a total cash prize of US$500,000,000.00 shared among the first 1000 lucky winners world wide.

Kindly note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet representative office in South Africa as indicated in the play coupon. In view of this, your US$500,000.00(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) would be released to you as soon as your acknowledgment or confirmation of this winning award is processed. Also your winning package in this category includes a free ticket to the world cup finals.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your award is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
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To file for your claims kindly Contact your Fiduciary Agent /claims manager below for assistant.

Mr.Jim B. West.
E-mail: (consultantsouth@rediffmail.com)

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The following information should be forward to the Fiduciary Agent /claims manager:

1. Your Full Name:
2. Full Address:
3. Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Sex:
6. Nationality:
7. Country of Residence:
8.Telephone Number:

Please be informed that any breach of confidentiality on your part will result in disqualification of your claim.
Please do not reply to this email kindly contact the Claims Agent.
Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of this program.

Sincerely,
Dr. Bongani Khumalo.
Chief Executive.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU WON 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY.

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