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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 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.
  • heinekenclaims_agent01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JOHN SMITH <HeinekenLotto@heinekenlottery.org>
Reply-To: heinekenclaims_agent01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 17 Nov 2006 04:00:22 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit


HEINEKEN® (WORLDWIDE)
32 Mendy Street High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11,2NZ.
ATTENTION: WINNER!
FILE #: 2752246896
CODE: 652-662
HEINEKEN® NOVEMBER ONLINE USERS PRIZE DRAW:
We are pleased to inform you of the release of the long online results of the HEINEKEN WEBSTORE/DRAUGHT MONTHLY PROGRAMME held on the 17th Of November 2006.You were entered as a dependent client with; Reference Serial Number: 652-662 and Batch number AT-040SB06-03.

Your email address attached to the ticket number: 2752246896 that drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the sweepstake in the first category, in four parts. You have been approved for a payment
of L250,000.00 Pounds Sterling (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLINGS) in cash credited to FILE #: 2752246896. This is from a total cash prize of Twenty Million Pounds Sterling shared amongst the
Seventy-Two (72) international winners.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 (Fifty thousand) names of email users around the world, as part of our compensation for the frequent use and consumption of our product worldwide. Due to mix up of some names and addresses, we ask that
you keep this award personal, till your claims has been processed and your funds remitted to you.

This Programme was commissioned by a one time president of the United States Of America in an indoor lecture held on the 18th of september 2006. HEINEKEN is proud to be associated with (former)President Bill Clinton. The President commended HEINEKEN for it's great
contribution to the growth and development of our society at large and he sited our Football sponsored league as an example.

HEINEKEN® COMPANY SECURITY AGENCY.
Please contact the Agent below via email for further instructions on what next to do to claim your winnings.
Agents Name: Mr Marvin Schaaf
Email Address: heinekenclaims_agent01@yahoo.co.uk

Winners are to fill the below processing form properly to commence immediate processing of their winning prize.
Full Names:...............................................
Age:.........................................................
Sex:.........................................................
Location/country:.....................................
Home address:.........................................
Telephone/fax Number:...........................
Ref/batch number:..................................
Present occupation:.................................

Your response must be sent directly to your claims agent via email:
heinekenclaims_agent01@yahoo.co.uk

NOTE: Winnings must be claimed before the end of each month. Any information that is been provided by winners must be correct as provision of wrong information by winners may lead to disqualification of a winner, be warned!

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. John Smith
Online-Co-ordinator/HEINEKEN® UK
32 Mendy Street High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11 2NZ.
Fax: 01494 456549

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