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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")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • justice_chinedu@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "justice_chinedu"<justice_chinedu@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:31:29 -0500 (EST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


PACIFIC MILLIONAIRE ALLIANCE SECURITIES BV.NO 4 MARINA,VICTORIAL-ISLAND.LAGOS NIGERIA, P.M.B.#40/41.AWARD DEPARTMENT.E-MAIL:justice_chinedu@myway.com DEAR BENEFICIARY.WINNING NOTIFICATIONWe pleased to announce to you the draw of the Euro - Afro AsianSweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 1st of Sept 2006 in Dakar Senegal.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 274 75673545 790 with Serial number 5774 drew the lucky numbers: 51-6-16-44-35-8, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $2,000,000,00 Two million Us Dollars in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US $ 20 Million dollars, sharedamongst the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European, Asian bookletrepresentative office in Europe and Asia as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this,our security firm in
Amsterdam-Holland, Dubai (U.A.E), USA, or Zurich-Switzerland would release your US$US $ 2 Million dollars (Two Million United States Dollars) to you. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contacthim.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web sitethrough computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever way you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming andunwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements, Pleasebe warned.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent below for more details;PACIFIC MILLIONAIRE ALLIANCE SECURITIES BVTo begin your claim, please contact your claim agent Miss Quine Eze .
email:quine_eze@yahoo.comTo avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote yourreference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designatedagent or us.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.Sincerely,Board Cooperation

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