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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • greenlands_lotto@yahoo.co.uk
  • franklynpayne@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Rose=20Radisic?= <greenlands_lotto@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:51:46 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: ATTN: Congratulations!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: greenlands_lotto@yahoo.co.uk



GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK

THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF:MCL/FLW/12-A782881207


ATTN:AWARD WINNER AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE


We are pleased to inform you of the announcement

today,17th of March,2006 of winners of the

GREENLANDS LOTTO/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 20th of

Febuary 2006.You/your company, attached to ticket

number 013-2316-2003-477, with fserial number A025-09

drew the lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42, and

consequently won in category B. You have therefore

been approved for a lump sum pay out of

GBP£5,500,000.00 (Five Million Five Hundred thousand

British Pounds) in cash credited to file REF NO. REF:

MCL/FLW/12-A782881207.This is from total prize money

of GBP£35,000,000.00 (Thirty-Five million British

Pounds) shared among the nine international winners in

the various categories. All participants were selected

through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000

names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia,

Europe, Africa, USA and North America as part of our

International Promotions

Program, which will is bienni ally

conducted.CONGRATULATIONS!!

Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security

House and insured in your name. Due to the mix up of

some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this

award strictly from public notice until your claim has

been processed

and your money remitted to your account. This is part

of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or

unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.We

hope, with a part of your prize, you will participate

in our

high stake of GBP£20 Million International lotto that

comes up every ten years.To begin your claim, please

contact your claims officer immediately:


Email:MR.FRANkLYN PAYNE: franklynpayne@hotmail.com


For due processing and remittance of your prize money

to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you

must contact your Claims officer not later than five

working days on the receipt of this notification.After

this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

All correspondences should be sent to MR. FRANK PAYNE

by email and should have this email sent along with it

and importantly your email address to which this email

was sent should be clearly and boldly written in your

response. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays

and complications, please remember to quote your

reference number in all your correspondences with your

Claims agent. And all inquiries should go to him, do

not bother to send requests to GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your

address, do inform your claims officer as soon as

possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and

thank you for being part of our promotions program.


Sincerely,

MRS ROSE RADISIC

THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS

ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.

GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK.


N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the

winners will result to automatic disqualification

- Rose Radisic

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