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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.
  • williamsdickson@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EJO11T@aol.com
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:29:11 EDT
Subject: googlecoordinator7@hotmail.com





GOOGLE EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD .
PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE GLOBE
(WE ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION)

FROM: GOOGLE ONLINE CYBER LOTTERY
3B OLYMPIC WAY, SEXTONS BUSINESS PARK,
AINTREE, LIVERPOOL, L30 1RD.
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Frist
Category draws of GOOGLE LOTTERY INT. We are happy to inform you that you
have emerged a winner under the Frist Category, which is part of our
promotional draws. The draws were held on 6th of June 2007 and results are being
officially announced today. Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from
Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of
our International Promotions Program. Your e-mail address, attached to
ticket number 50941465206-529, with serial number 5772-54 drew the lucky numbers
3-4-17-28-35-44 andconsequently won in the First Category.

You have therefore won a lump sum pay out of 200,000.00 euros (Two hundred
thousand euros only), which is the winning payout for Category A winners.

CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your
best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that
you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until
the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds
remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants / non participants of this
program.Since your Winning No Is:3-4-17-28-35-44 You will receive your prize
from Our Paying Centre.Contact Your Claims Agent: Mr Wiliams Dickson. On
E-mail: williamsdickson@myway.com Send the following to Him:

Your names:
Your winning No:
Batch No:
Quote amount won:
Date of birth:
Sex:
Occupation:
Contact Address:
Nationality:
Contact Phone No:

You are advised to contact the agents by email.NOTE: For easy reference and
identification, find below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to
quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with your claims
agent.REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/04
BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions programe.


Yours Sincerely
Mr Barry Hanson
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT




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