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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")
• 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.
  • +447031916172 (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.
  • jaguarpromo@london.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • @yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "JAGUAR@PROMO Jaguar cars UK" <jag.pro_361uk@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:34:13 +0000
Subject: YOUR AWARD NOTIFICATION

YOUR AWARD NOTIFICATION FOR 2006   Coming to the conclusion of the Jaguar XK  promo sales, Jaguar been always successful  has sold a large number of the new Jaguar XK UK model. In appreciation  Jaguar cars LTD  UK conducted an anonymous E-mail address ballot lottery  in Great Britain held on 5th-Oct- 2006 Your email account have been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninety-one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds (£891,934.00 pounds Sterling's) in cash credited to file REF NO. REF: JUK/74-A0802742006. And In addition a Jaguar XK UK model.This is from total prize money of GBP £4,459,670.00 shared among the FIVE (5) international winners in this category   All participants for the on-line version were selected randomly from World Wide Web through computer balloting system drawn from over 100,000 names database, union associations and corporate bodies that are listed on line. This promotion is the end of year Jaguar cars LTD UK bonanza.   The bonanza is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). All winning must be claimed not later than 14 working days from this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence. All winning must be claimed not later than 14 working days from this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence. Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.   To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent,  He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and remittance of your prize money and your Jaguar XK UK model:   Mr John Peet, Email: jaguarpromo@london.com Altt Email: agentjohn_peet @yahoo.co.uk *mails should be sent to both  email  add*                                                                                          Tel:  +44-703-191-6172   Your winning details: Ticket Nº: 22-1356-4096-988 Serial Nº: A069-07 Lucky Nº: 12-13-21-26-32-39 Bonus-17 File REF Nº.:  JUK/74-A0802742006 BATCH Nº.: 2006JUK-01   Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.   Sincerely,   Mr. David Thompson On-line Coordinator, Jaguar UK.   NOTE: Do not click reply . You are to contact your claims officer immediately. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences.   *IMPORTANT* FILL OUT THIS WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW:   Your application for the claim of winning will be duly processed and settlement made upon certification.   Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided below for record purposes to facilitate our immediate commencement of your claims process. The completed form should be sent to your claims agent for immediate commencement of prize remittance.    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Name of Beneficiary: *Address: *City/State: *Nationality: *Sex: *Email Address: *Tel: *Occupation: *Next of Kin: *Age: *Item won: *In Figures: *In Words: *Lucky Nos: *Ticket No: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    OFFICE USE ONLY Verified by:________________   Confirmed by: ________________   CLAIMS AGENTS SIGNATURE:_______________ *For further  information fill free to contact  the  below: info@jaguar-promo.org.uk.tc

 

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