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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")
  • "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 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.
  • +447040130775 (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.
  • uklottereinpromo@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • markbenson_claims@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • markbenson_claims@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?uklotterien=20promo?= <uklottereinpromo@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: markbenson_claims@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:45:19 +0530 (IST)
Subject: PLEASE GET IN TOUCH


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

WINNING NOTIFICATION


NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO

UK HEAD OFFICE

SUITES 23-30,LION TOWERS

CENTRAL LONDON

ENGLAND

(customers services)

Ref: NAS/941OYI/04

Batch:04/06/MA34

(NO TICKET WAS SOLD)

To file for your claims,please contact our fiduciary agent:,

Godwin Sekobe(Barr)

Email: markbenson_claims@yahoo.com

Tel #:+44 704 013 0775



WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the National

Lottery Promo International program, held on the 11th

January 2006 in Dublin Ireland. Your email address was

attached to ticket number:77770064638 with serial

number:67345/04 drew the lucky numbers 12-8-9-11-12-5,

which subsequently won you the lottery in the first

category.

You have herefore been approved to claim a total sum

of 2,000,000.00 pounds (Two million, pounds) in cash

credited to file pl/233376899/04.This is from a total

cash prize of 60 Million pounds,shared among the first

thirty (30) lucky winners in this category. In view of

this, your money would be released to you by our Bank

firm in Europe .

Our European agent (Reality Agency) will immediately

commence the process to facilitate the release of

your funds as soon as they are contacted.All

participants were selected randomly from Worldwide

Website through computer ballot system extracted from

over 100,000 companies and individuals.

This promotion takes place annually. For security

reasons, you are advised to keep your winning

information confidential till your claims is processed

and your money remitted to you in whatever manner

you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our

precautionary measure to avoid double claimming and

unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous

elements. Please bewarned.

To file your claims, please contact our agent:

Agent: The Reality Agency

Name : Godwin Sekobe(Barr.)

Email: markbenson_claims@yahoo.com

Tel #:+44 704 013 0775

To avoid unnecessary delay and complications, Please

quote your ref/batch numbers in any correspondences with us

or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from

all members and staffs of this program.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Judith Cole.

Public Relations Officer

National Lottery Promo

N.B:

1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from

today.

2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the

claims officer.

3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names

or addresses.

4.All winners under the age of 18 are automatically

dis-qualified.




- uklotterien promo

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