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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uniair u.s visa lottery program"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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!
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • uniair@pisem.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • uniair@pobox.sk

Fraud email example:

From: uniair38 <uniair38@gmail.com>
Reply-To: uniair@pisem.net
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:46:17 +0700
Subject: GoodLuck


From:The Co-ordinator
UniAiR U.S Visa Lottery Program
Visa Winning Number:MM-032047111248
Serial Net Visa Passport Number:KM-21038520

Dear,

Congratulations,you have been selected as one of the lucky winners of the
U.S Visa through our internet balloting email extracting and screening
machine,your application was applied and processed by our internet balloting
email extracting and screening machine which randomly extracts and screens
millions of email adresses around the world.

This visa program is held annually as part of our annual lottery programmes
to give free&easy U.S Visas to citizens of developing countries around the
world to enable them travel to the U.S and start a new life and
work.The U.SDepartment of Citizenship&Immigration released 200 visas
to our airline in
this regards,which we then issue to our winners,you are among the 200 lucky
winners in this year's programme.

Your Visa winning number is:MM-032047111248 and your serial net visa
passport number is:KM-21038520,your visa type permits you to travel with
members of your immediate family.Your visa duration is 10 years multiple
entry to the U.S,it is renewable upon expiration and it permits you to
work,study and own properties in the U.S,the visa also gives you an
opportunity to apply for and acquire a U.S citizenship green card while
residing in the U.S.

In this respect you are directed to forward the following requirements
urgently by email scanning attachments for faster processing to enable us
begin the process of your visa certificate and flight tickets.

(1.)Write in full your telephone number,postal and residential adress.

(2.)Scanned copies of your recent passport photographs,members of your
family passport photographs should also be scanned if you are travelling
with your family members.

(3.)Scanned copies of your international passport&I.D card,members of your
family international passport&I.D card should also be scanned if you are
travelling with your family members.N.B:Your family members above the age of
16 requires an international passport for travel.

(4.)Refundable deposit fee:USD{One thousand five hundred and eighty-two
dollars}only.This fee should be payed through western union money transfer
adressed to the second secretary UniAirline.

Providing the above requirements will assure you your visa certificate and
flight ticket which we shall post to you through Express Courier service.

Important Notice:

Please note that we issue only the visas and flight tickets,your
accomodation in the U.S will also be taken care of by our company in the U.S,we
dont offer jobs or education in the U.S, but our agents in the U.S can give
you expert advice and every necessary assistance and support on job
opportunities and education in the U.S.

We shall be anticipating your reply soon.

Thanks

Mr Paradorn Supachai
UniAiR SouthEast Asia Zonal office.

N.B!!:REPLY THIS WINNING NOTIFICATION MESSAGE TO ME THROUGH THIS E-MAIL BOX
AND ALSO SEND A REPLY MESSAGE TO THE CLAIMS AGENT ASSIGNED TO HANDLE YOUR
VISA DOCUMENTATIONS,HE WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH YOUR VISA AND FLIGHT TICKET
DOCUMENTS PROCESSING,HIS CONTACT DETAILS ARE LISTED BELOW:

MR MOSES KHUNTHAI
EMAIL:uniair@pisem.net,uniair@pobox.sk
PHONE:+66-79678927
WEBSITE:http//www.uniair.com.tw

N.B:note and save the phone number and email adresses listed above for
future correspondence at anytime with the claims agent assigned to handle
your visa and flight ticket documentations.

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