419 scam: "Rev. Paul Anderson" <aus2007programme@hotmail.com> SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP 2010 FREE LOTTERY

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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:

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:
- "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)
- "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.
- +2348038658936 (Nigeria, 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.
- revjohnmartins@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev. Paul Anderson" <aus2007programme@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: revjohnmartins@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:25:58 -0400
Subject: SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP 2010 FREE LOTTERY

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP 2010 FREE LOTTERY DRAW
HEADQUARTERS. LIVERPOOL LONDON UK
PO Box 1410

Dear Lucky Winner,
On behalf of the 2010 SOUTH AFRICAN WORLD CUP PROMOTION, We are pleased to announce to you that your email address has emerged as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Free Lottery draw held on the 8th April 2010, organized by the government of South Africa in conjunction with FIFA (FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION) which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners randomly using their e-mail addresses from email sites. Your email address was lucky to have emerged as the star winner of the sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS (£500,000.00 GBP) All the 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 100,000,000 {ONE HUNDRED MILLION} international emails addresses.

This results is now officially released to the public after the result was certified by the organizers of 2010 South Africa World Cup and your email address attached in the D Category with Serial number 6741137002,
Ref: 7458222754
Batch: 905534213/255,
Winning no: XB3/701/LNRC,
Lucky numbers 7-13-20-27-33-36-48,
Ticket number; FL/754/22/76UK emerged a winner of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS (£500,000.00 GBP) with 9 other email addresses. This award promotion is geared towards the support of the 2010 South Africa World Cup coming up soon this year, it is also geared towards the joint International fight against the wide spread of the epidemic disease HIV/AIDS around the globe. We congratulate the South African Government for being the First country in Africa to host World Cup in Africa. Winners of this lottery award are mandated to use 50% of their prizes to support the campaign against the spread of HIV/AIDS around their regions in their country. They are requested to use 50% of their prizes to help HIV/AIDS victims around their region. This must also be checked by our Supervisory Department to make sure that they use their prizes in line with this programme.
The world cup lottery 2010 is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, Coca Cola, Nokia, MTN, the Intel Group, Toyota ,Toshiba, Dell computers, Mackintosh. And mostly by the South African Government. The world cup free lottery draw is to advertise the South Africa 2010 World Cup world-wide; encourage investors and spectators to visit South Africa any time even during the world Cup. You are always welcome.

Kindly fill the form below and forward your details to the Claims Agent MR MATINS MKOMO through this E-mail Addresses below:

CLAIMANT AGENT NAME; MR MATINS MKOMO
CLAIMANT AGENT EMAILS; revjohnmartins@gmail.com
phone +234 803 865 8936

Full Name......................
Contact Address................
Country........................
Country of Residence...........
Occupation.....................
Name of Employers..............
Date of Birth..................
Phone Number...................
Fax Number.....................

Note: Any prize not claimed within 14 days from the day of notice will be forfeited. You must claim your Lottery Prize not later than 14 days from date of Draw Notification in which Prize has been won. Congratulations once more from all the Sponsors, Members & Staffs of the South Africa 2010 World Cup Lottery Board Commission of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,

Rev. Paul Anderson
Promotions Manager
World cup 2010
South Africa.

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