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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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)
  • "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.
  • goldfortunes009@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • phillipjan04@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Golden=20Fortunes=20Lottery?= <goldfortunes009@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: phillipjan04@myway.com
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 10:53:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A UK LOTTO WINNER


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: goldfortunes009@yahoo.com.au

GOLDEN FORTUNES LOTTERY

106 BOROUGH HIGH STREET

MORGATE EC1

LONDON.

UNITED KINGDOM.



RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSMENT ADVICE


We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of, 5th May, 2006 of winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; UNITED KINGDOM/INTERNATIONAL,PROGRAMS held on 20th December, 2005. Your email address attached to ticket number 023-56678230954, drew the lucky numbers 7-14-21-42-49-59,batch number 6858/UK and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of 2,500.000.00 British pounds (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) is credited to file LOTTERY REF NO.SGIL/763276/03.


This is from total prize money of 20,000,000.00 POUNDS shared among the forty national winners in categories C with serial number:IL/FLW/12-C033721192. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.


CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now in custody of a financial bank company insured in your FILE REFERENCE. 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. Our group of philanthropist headed by the British government promoted this lottery program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes #10,000,000 million british pounds International Lottery.


To begin your claim, please contact and attention your file/claim officer:


MR.PHILIP JAN.

FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER

106 BOROUGH HIGH STREET

MORGATE EC1

LONDON.

UNITED KINGDOM.

REPLY mail TO :EMAIL:phillipjan04@myway.com


Please be aware that your Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by our processing Agent; that would be designated to your file. For due processing and remittance of your winning prize to your designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th June. 2006. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.


NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for Being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.


Sincerely,

NAOMI VANDIJK. (Lottery Coordinator)

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the Winners will result to disqualification.

OUR Executives:

Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn paul mpard(Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer).






- Golden Fortunes Lottery

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