419 scam: "Mrs. Sarah J. Clock" <mredemptionsa@gala.net> Congratulation's, Your e-mail have won US$2,000,000.00 Dollars.

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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:
- "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.
- +27714176109 (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.
- megmredemptionsa1@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- the processing director. mr. meyer smut. email: megmredemptionsa1@gmail.com/ megmredemptionsa2@gmail.com this award promotion is (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Sarah J. Clock" <mredemptionsa@gala.net>
Reply-To: megmrnacional@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:25:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Congratulation's, Your e-mail have won US$2,000,000.00 Dollars.

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CONGRATULATION'S TO
YOU.

PROMOTION 2010 LOTTERY LUCKY DRAW
NOTICES.

This is to
inform you that the (MMML), Local Organizing committee (LOC) and South Africa
National Lottery & Gambling Board, has held an Internet Raffle Draw, your
e-mail address was picked by the computer during the Second Quarter Raffle Draw
(SQRD).

For further information on how to receive your funds
contact:
THE PROCESSING DIRECTOR.
MR. MEYER SMUT.

EMAIL: megmredemptionsa1@gmail.com/ megmredemptionsa2@gmail.com

This award promotion is based on the selection of winners from the World
Wide Web and without any limitation to email provider or country.

Winners of this award where selected randomly from millions of email
addresses generated by a special software and system operated by the South
Africa National Lottery & Gambling Board.

Consequently, we would like to inform you that your email address is one
of the 7 email addressee owners picked by the award system and that is why we
are contacting you.

You are hereby directed to confirm that you are the rightful owner of
this email address and you will be contacted shortly on the receipt of your
reply to receive your award prize of USD2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States
Dollars)

You are requested to contact the Processing Director
immediately you receive this notification with the below information, to enable
him start with the processing for the release of your winning prize without any
delay.

BELOW ARE YOUR WINNING DETAILS:
COMPUTER DRAW NUMBER:
177
EMAIL CODE NUMBER: TTYEEWSSE2211775643000
FINAL JACPOT NUMBER: 0001

SN: 2010 / ILGC / LOC / ZA
WINNING E-MAIL INSURANCE POLICY NUMBER:
JJA23ZA
INSURANCE COMPANY: OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE SA
REFERENCE NUMBER:
EAASL/941OY1/04
BATCH NUMBER: 12/27/Du34
AMOUNT WON: US$
2,000,000.00.

For further
information about how to receive you award winning prize contact:

THE PROCESSING
DIRECTOR.
MR. MEYER
SMUT
TELE: +27 71 417 6109

EMAIL:
megmredemptionsa1@gmail.com/
megmredemptionsa2@gmail.com

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DISCLAIMER & CONFIDENTIALITY:
The
information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of
the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to
receive it, as it may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If
you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure,
unauthorized use, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the
contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you
have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by
responding to this email and then delete it from your system.
MMML S.A is
neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information
contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt.

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Congratulations from all of us here at the (MMML) and the Local Organizing
Committee (LOC), and the South African Government.

Yours
Faithfully,
Mrs. Sarah Baartman
Coordinator

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