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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:

• 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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "amsterdam holland" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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 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.
  • stacyparc@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mike willians <mike_wili@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:06:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS


NATIONAL LOTTERY
UK-LOTTO Headquarters:
Customer Service
Ref: SGIL/763276/03
Batch: 074/05/ZY3 02/03/2005

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Dear Lucky Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw of the UK-National Lotto Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 24th of august, 2005 in AMSTERDAM
HOLLAND. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:26-47-19-26-47-74-46,with Serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky
numbers:
26-47-19-26-47-74-46 ,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of BP
500,000.00{FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS} in cash credited to file REF
NO.SGIL/763276/03 .This is from a total cash prize of GBR
10,000,000.00{TEN MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS} shared among the TWENTY
,shared
amongst the first eight (8)lucky winners in this category. All
participants
were selected randomly from WorldWide Web site through computer draw
system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes
place annually. Please note that your lucky winning number fall within
our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of
this, your GBP500,000.00{FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS) would be
released to you by our payment office in Europe. Our European agent
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him.Your prize awards has been insured in
your names and ready for claim. To begin your claims therefore, you are
advised on final notice and as a matter of urgency,to contact our
licensed and accreditedclaim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners for the
processing of your prizeawards winning andpayment to your designated
bank account after all statutory obligations have been concluded
satisfactorily.Contact thus:CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT,MR.STACYPARC
Email:stacyparc@yahoo.com Due to mixed up in some numbers and names and
for
the purpose of confidentiality,be advised to keep this award
notification as secret from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your prize money remitted to your designated bank account
as this is
part of precautionary measures to avoid double claim or misuse of this
program by some social miscreants.Hence, your prize awards winning is
confidential as our winners are at liberty to remain completely
anonymous
until payment is effected.Congratulations once more from all members
and staffs of this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

CARTER.A.
LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR
You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.

N.B:Please do not reply to this email box. Contact your agent
immediately.And if you have received this communication in error,notify
us immediately by email. Once again,i say CONGRATULATIONS!!!!




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