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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +447031842788 (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.
  • johnpaulandrew9@yahoo.co.th (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jerry_fidelix@terra.es" <jerry_fidelix@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 12:47:43 +0100 (MET)
Subject: UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION



UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
TICKET FREE/ONLINE E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNINGS DEPARTMENT.


If you are the correct owner of this email address, then be glad this day as the result of the UK lotto online e-mail winning draws and sweepstakes held in U-K on the 2th of october 2006 has just been released and we are glad to announce to you that your e-mail address has won you the lottery in the first category and you are entitled to claim the sum of US $ 25 Million dollars,. Your email addresses was entered for the online draw on this Ticket Number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02drew the lucky numbers:19-6-26-17-35-7,

All participants were selected randomly from WorldWide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000companies.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.Please bewarned.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with a copy of this winnings letter:

MR john paulandrew
Email: johnpaulandrew9@yahoo.co.th

+44 70318 42788

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full names,your country, your private Telephone and fax number, your reference/batch numbers etc in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Mr JERRY FIDELIX
UK-LOTTO Co-ordinator






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