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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:
  • "yahoo lottery inc"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • fountaincourts006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: YAHOO LOTTERY <yahoolotto050@mail.ru>
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:20:47 +0400
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOUR EMAIL I D WON OUR PRIZE(ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE POUNDS STERLIN)£136,855.00



YAHOO LOTTERY INTL INC
2 Barley House
Harold Road
Sutton,Greater London
Sm1 4te
United kingdom. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.Date:05/08/2006
Ref: ILP/HW 47509/02
Batch:05/763638/IPD
Winning no: 02 10 11 28 36 47 33
Dear Sir/Madam, YAHOO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION We happily announce to you the draw (#996) of the YAHOO LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held 5th August 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serialnumber 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:02 10 11 28 36 47and 33 Bonus Ball number which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of GPS
£136,855.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE POUNDS STERLING)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of GBP£1,505,405 shared amongst the ELEVEN (11)lucky winners in this category .
Without all partioners appling or having the knowledge.This promotion takes place montnly which is promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to
the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your £136,855.00, (one hunred and thirty six thousand eight hundred and fifty five pounds sterlings)would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European representative agent has immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds, contact their office immediately with the below email address.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claim is processed and your hardcopy of your winners certificate and prize money are delivered to you through a bank draft cheque which you will cash in any bank of your choice in your country,through an approved bank,whose contact will be given to you by the executive fudiciary office.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
All reply,correspondence and required personal data as written here in under to this notification should be sent to your claims agent on the email contact below immediatly.for further processing details.Barr SANDRA MURPHY (Esq)
Email:fountaincourts006@yahoo.co.uk FULLNAME....................
DATE OF BIRTH..............
ADDRESS....................
SEX.........................
AGE........................NATIONALITY...........OCCUPATION.............
TELEPHONE............DATE..................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT. Please quote your reference,batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your above stated datas to help locate your file easily.For security reasons,we advice all winners to keep this information confidential(VERY SECRET) from the public until your claim is processed and your prize money remitted/released to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements,equally to guard against nonparticipant or our official personnel taking undue advantage of this programme. Note that,all winnings must be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME(on or before 30TH of August 2006);otherwise all unclaimed funds will be returned to the yahoo lottery treasury and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Executive Claims /Processing Agent (Yahoo Lottery Inc).
Barr.Joe Blubleburg(Executive Co-ordinator, Yahoo lottery inc)
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Barr Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILLRESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

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