419 scam: "Mrs. Susan Davies" <officeclaim_49@yahoo.com> Congratulations! Your email address has won USD1,000,000.00

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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.
- +27787149269 (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.
- officeclaim_49@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- south africa 24hrs.tel/fax: +1-814-286-7047 email: officeclaim_49@yahoo.com sat, july 24, 2010 - lotto 6/49 (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Susan Davies" <officeclaim_49@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:02:08 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Congratulations! Your email address has won USD1,000,000.00

CANADA LOTTERY/ EMAIL DRAW ONTARIO 49
1550 Princess Street Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3
Website: www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html
UK Office No 47 Se1 7na – Balking London United Kingdom
South Africa Office, 23 Office Park South Gate JHB South Africa
24hrs.Tel/Fax: +1-814-286-7047
Email: officeclaim_49@yahoo.com

Sat, July 24, 2010 - Lotto 6/49
                 WINNING NUNBERS
03/06/26/32/43/49 Bonus 29
Attn: Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw of Canadian National Lottery the UK/Afro
CANADA online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday July 24 2010.

You have won USD$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars Only) from
Canadian lottery draw 2010. Your Email ID was one of the selected emails all
over the world in the lottery draw and it comes out one of the lucky winning
number.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet
representative office in South Africa as indicated in your play coupon, because
this particular draw was selected to promote Canadian National Lottery.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer
draws system and extracted from over 10,000.00 companies and personal e-mails.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claims 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 by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding agent in
South Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of
your fund, contact information is as follow:

Name: Mr. Noma John
Email: johnmr_noma@yahoo.com
Telephone: +27 78 714 9269

Please forward to him the following details below

1. Full Name:
2. Country:
3. Sex:
4. Address:
5. Direct Telephone No:
6. Age:
7. Occupation/position:
8. Winning Number:

Congratulations!! Once again.

Yours in service,
Mrs. Susan Davies
(Publicity Secretary)



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