419 scam: "info@powerlinelotterysa" <elsamoya@coomevamail.com> YOUR EMAIL HAS BEEN SELECTED A WINNER

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
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.
- +27731883049 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
- +27862193857 (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.
- manningnolan@mailbox.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "info@powerlinelotterysa" <elsamoya@coomevamail.com>
Reply-To: manningnolan@mailbox.co.za
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:52:30 -0600
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAS BEEN SELECTED A WINNER

COMPUTER BALLOT JACKPOT 'A' DRAW RESULT.
POWER LINE LOTTERY COMPANY AWARD
DEPARTMENT.POWER LINE INTERNATIONAL
HEADQUARTERS: CUSTOMER SERVICE/AWARD
DEPT.44 LANGERMAN ROAD KENSINGTON
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
Tell: +27731883049
Fax: +27862193857

Ref No: FI/35/47ES
Batch No: 6677-05734

Dear Lucky Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw of the power Line E-mail
lottery International programs .Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: 564
75600545/188 with Serial number 5388/06 drew the lucky Numbers:
31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category.
Therefore you have been approved to claim a total sum of £3,500,000. 00
(Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds).
This is from a total cash prize of 55 Million Great Britain Pounds
shared amongst the lucky winners in this grand category. This year’s Lottery
Program Jackpot (LPJ) is the largest ever for power Line E-mail
lottery International programs .The estimated 55 million Great Britain
Pounds jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in power Line E-mail
lottery International history. In view of this, your £3,500,000. 00 (Three
Million Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) would be released
to you in
what ever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. All participants
were selected randomly from 'World Wide Web' sites through computer draw
system and extracted from over 500,000 companies.

This promotion takes place periodically. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim
is processed. This is a part of our precautionary no ticket sold and is
so organized to encourage the use of the internet and promote computer
literacy worldwide measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. To file for your
claim, please contact our financial controller with the below details for
processing of your claims.
*******************************************************************
POWER LINE LOTTERY FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
Name: MANNING NOLAN
Email: manningnolan@mailbox.co.za
*******************************************************************

You are advised to provide the following details below to our claims
department:
FULL NAMES:
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY
STATE:
FAX:
PHONE NUMBER:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
Note that all claims process and clearance procedures must be duly
completed early to avoid impersonation arising to the issue of double
claim. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers while contacting our financial controller.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this Power
line lottery South Africa.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Irene Nokosi
(Lottery Coordinator)

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