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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.
• 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.
  • claimsagentoffice656@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: larry bishop <larry@larrybishop2.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:58:59 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! (YOUR E-MAIL HAVE WON YOU THE PRIZE)



POWERBALL LOTTO. BV
POWERBALL-WHEEL E-GAME 2006

Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING
This email confirms that you have been notified of by the POWERBALL INTER LOTTO BV The united kingdom of your email lottery winning for 2006 Powerball Lotto - Wheel E-game held on 27th september 2006.
We wish to congratulate you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consolation prize winners. Your email ID identified with Coupon No.PBL2348974321 and was selected by Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the Lotto-Wheel E-game. Your email ID included among the 50,000 different email addresses where submitted by our partner international email provider companies.
Prize Ref No.: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Lottery Group: Consolation Prize Group
Prize Amount: uk £500,000 Five Hundred Thousand British pounds sterling Only
You are required to file claims for your lottery prize winning by contacting the Lottery Claims Processing Officer with your winning information provided above.
Lottery Claims Officer:
Name: Mr Marshal Wright
Email:claimsagentoffice656@yahoo.co.uk
This correspondence officially confirms that they are in receipt of instructions relating to the payment of your lottery winnings. Provided in attachment is a Non resident claims form you are required to completely fill the claims form with your correct information and submit same. We look forward to receive receipt of your information.
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NON-RESIDENT AWARD CLAIM FORM
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FULL NAME: ......................................
FORWARDING ADDRESSE:...................................................
CITY/STATE:.....................................
ORIGIN:.........................
MARITAL STATUS:................NATIONALITY:..............SEX:............
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT NR:..................DATE OF BIRTH:.............
TEL/FAX NR: OCCUPATION:
CURRENT EMAIL:..................

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WINNING INFORMATION
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COUPON UK:................LOTTERY REF
UK:................................
LOTTERY DATE:..................CLAIMANT
SIGNATURE:............................
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Please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your fund Paid to you;
listed below is our payment modalities and option of payment.
(1) TRAVELLING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR CASH COLLECTION
(Send flight itinerary to confirm your arrival/appointment
Date).........................
(2)BY COURIER SERVICE:.........
This email and its attachments are confidential and intended
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This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). This email and its attachments may also be privileged or protected by legal rules. If you have received this by mistake please let us know by reply immediately and destroy the email and its attachments without reading, copying or forwarding the contents.
Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your consolation prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming Powerball Lotto-Wheel Email-games.
Yours truly,
Mrs.Stella Cox,
(Lottery Coordinator)

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