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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "foreign service manager" (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)
  • "million british pounds" (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)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITS WORLDWIDE" <ukbritsworld@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:19:56 +0000
Subject: Lucky winner

From: The director of the Prize Award Department


Reference number: EG/40028012/09

Batch Number: 202/1245/FDD

Date: 15th February 2006


Re: Final Notice of Award


Attn: Owner of this email address

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the BRITS WORLDWIDE LOTTO (UK
promotion program) released on the11th February 2006. Ten lucky people have
won a share of the total cash prize of £10,000,000 (ten million British
pounds sterling)!! Your email address was attached to the ticket number
244-332425-470 with winning numbers 09-13-19-27-41-49, which subsequently
won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been awarded the
lump sum of £1,000,000(One Million Pounds sterling) in cash credited to file
number EG/40028012/02.

Your cheque has been deposited with White star Security UK, which will be
insured in your name once you contact the security company. Due to a mix up
of some names and numbers, we strongly recommend that you keep this award a
top secret from the public notice until your claim have been processed and
the money remitted into your account. This is a part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwanted scams of this program by
other participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 email addresses from all over the world as a part of our free
International promotional program by Internet leading software companies
worldwide as gratitude for being an Internet user, which is done twice
annually. We hope that with part of your prize, you will take part in our
start of the year high Stake £15,000,000 (Fifteen Million pounds Sterling)
lottery. To avoid fraud and scams, and to begin your claim, please contact
your assigned agent directly with your reference and batch number to arrange
delivery of your winning cheque. Call the number below and press two for
delivery department.

Company- WHITE STAR LTD
Contact Name- Mr. Michael Brown (Foreign Service Manager)
Tel: (0044) 207 060 0562
Fax: (0044) 207 060 0463
Direct Telephone- (0044) 7908 192 766
Email- wstar@wazzoomail.com.

Please note that for security purposes, delivery arrangements can only be
made by telephone.

All prize money must be claimed no later than 14days from the date of this
notice, as after this date, all funds will be returned to Brits Worldwide
International as unclaimed.


In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference and batch number when corresponding with us, or your agent.
Furthermore, if you have changed your email address, please contact your
agent to notifying him of the change.



Congratulations once more from me and on behalf of all members of my staff
and

Thank you for participating in our promotions program.


Yours Sincerely,




John Williams



BRITSWORLDWIDE PROMOTION
P.O.BOX 42
PETERBOROUGH
PE3 8XH
UNITED KINGDOM




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