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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "irish lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "00,000.00" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: Irish Promotions <inlclaimsonline@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 02:45:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: IRISH WINNINGS.


11 G Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland .
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59

SUCCESS ALERT:


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY online
Program held on WEDNESDAY 31st OCTOBER 2007. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 6525/06 and
draw number 72 which emerged the Irish Lotto Plus 1 winner. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of € 700,000.00 Euros (Seven
hundred thousand Euros) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/06 of
Irish Lottery.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your €700,000.00 Euro would be
released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe(UK). To file for your claim,
please fill the claims and verification form below and send back to us:


VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM`

1.FULL NAMES:

2.ADDRESS:

3.SEX:

4.AGE:

5.MARITAL STATUS:

6.OCCUPATION:

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:

9. DRAW NUMBER:

10.TICKET NUMBER:

11.SERIAL NUMBER:

12.AMOUNT WON:

13. STATE:

14. COUNTRY:

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than two weeks. After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference
Number(LSUK/2031/8161/05) and Bach Number(R3/A312-59)in every
correspondence with your agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible.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 manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of
our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Please be warned.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the IRISH LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

BETTY McDONALD (MRS)
Online Co-ordinator for IRISH LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE PROGRAMME.

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