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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "universal stakes lottery"
• 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.
  • +447040120619 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • dpu_information@stalag13.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Gladys Morgan" <gmorgan007_gladys@msn.com>
Reply-To: dpu_information@stalag13.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:01:24 +0000
Subject: PRIZE NOTIFICATION (CONGRATULATION!!!)

UNIVERSAL STAKES LOTTERY
UNIVERSAL STAKES LOTTERY -wheel E-game 2006,

Date: 18-01-2006
Ref. Number: 132/756/4509
Batch Number: 538901527-Bc68
Ticket Number: 27522465896-6453

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Winners in our UNIVERSA=
L=20
STAKES Lottery Program held on the 10th JANUARY, 2006.Your e-mail address=
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attached to ticket number 27522465896-6453 with serial number 3772-554 dr=
ew=20
lucky numbers 7-14-18-31-45 which consequently won in the 2ND category, y=
ou=20
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 4,000,000 EUROS (f=
our=20
Million (EUROS).

CONGRATULATIONS!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winnin=
g=20
information confidential until your claims have been fully processed and=20
your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoi=
d=20
multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participant=
s.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn fro=
m=20
over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names f=
rom=20
all over the world. This promotional program takes place every five years=
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This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some=20
multinational companies in Europe as part of their social responsibility =
to=20
the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. We hope=
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with part of your winnings you will take part in our next year Ten millio=
n=20
Euros UNIVERSAL STAKES lottery.

Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and=20
provide additional information and processes for the claims of your=20
consultation prize.

For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU Informat=
ion=20
Officer Mr. Mark Moody who has been assigned to assist you.

Name: Mark Moody
TEL: +44-704-012-0619
Contact: E-mail: dpu_information@stalag13.com

Remember all winning must be claimed not later than one month of=20
notification. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the=
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next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and=20
complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers =
in=20
all correspondence. Furthermore should there be any change of address do=20
inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for bei=
ng=20
part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours Sincerely,
MRS GLADYS MORGAN
UNIVERSAL STAKES LOTTERY (Co-ordinator)
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N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result=
to=20
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your DPU=20
Information Officer Mr. Mark Moody.

In accordance with the UNIVERSAL STAKES LOTTERY E-games policy and=20
regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the lucky=20
consultations prize Winners. This notification also contains information=20
that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exem=
pt=20
=66rom disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose email address=
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attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning information=92s you =
are=20
not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or=
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any part of it.

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