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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "foreign service manager" (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 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)
  • "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447024015713 (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.
  • ayasemiglia@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: ana semiglia <ayasemiglia@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 01:21:16 +0000
Subject:



hi my name is ana I have received several e-mails from one trevor allan reporting on a lottery prize from the Canadian who at first did not understand a lot and it seemed to me to answer that had the wrong person that I have not bought any ticket of lottery and less on the Internet. have continued give you write the e-mail addresses of those who have written me, I hope that you are of some value, the first being, and sorry about my english.
this is the first


trevorallan30@gala.net ATTN: SIR / MADAM. WINNING NOTIFICATION Congratulations, you have won GBP 2500.000 in the Canadian Lottery Promotion. Your email address was selected, as a winner in the second category winners. In cash credit to file number EAAL/9080118308/05. For convertion to your currency (go to) www.xe.com. NOTE: To confirm that you have the winning number for the Sun 2ND April 2008 2 5 8 20 21 33 Number 11 Draw visit: http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/index.html confirm under lotto 6 / 49. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through computer draws system and extracted from over 10 000 00 companies and personal e-mails. For security reasons you are advised to keep your claims / winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted Telegraphic to you via bank transfer to your nominated banking account. Contact your agent for more details. ________________________________________ Contact: MR. TREVOR ALLAN. FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER (MIDLAND FINANCE UNITED KINGDOM) PHONE: +447024015713 +447035926214 EMAIL: trevorallan30@gala.net ________________________________________ Thank you for being part of our Promotional Lottery program. Prof. Mrs. Patricia Atkins, THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER. CANADIAN LOTTERY-SOCCER WORLD CUP DRAW 2010 Promotional. 1550 Princess Street Kingston ON Canada K7M 9E3 Congratulations you have won Canada Lottery! Attention: Customer AFRSA680 Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/05 Batch no. Lotto 6 / 49. NB Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail box. Contact your claims agent through his email contact above. Congratulations from the Staff & Members of the Canadian Lottery Board Commission Mr.Savery Mr Aldwin. Rudolf P. Markhams Mrs. Patricia Atkins Zonal Co-ordinate Sec. Zonal Co-ordinate PROMOTIONS MANAGER Copyright 1994-2006-2007 The National Lottery Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline 100860 8556 2548 9576ZA.


this one it's the second
trevor.allan1 @ live.com Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/05 Batch no. Lotto 6 / 49 ONLINE NOTIFICATION. ATTN: SIR / MADAM. WINNING NOTIFICATION We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstakes Lottery International Programs held on Thursday 28TH Dec 2007 in Essex United Kingdom and Ontario Canada. The Canadian Government sponsors this lottery program for the promotion of the 2010 Soccer World Cup to be hosted in South Africa. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: B9564 75604545 100 with Serial Number 46563760 draw the winning numbers Wed 2ND April 2008 2 5 8 20 21 33 Number 11 Draw for LOTTO 6 / 49 under the choice of the lottery in the 2ND category of daily three. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of GBP 2500000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ONLY) in cash which is the winning Payout for Second category winners. In cash credit to file EAAL/9080118308/05. For convertion to your currency (go to) www.xe.com. This is from a total cash prize of GPB 50100000.00 pounds shared amongst the first One Hundred and thirty 130 lucky winners in this category Worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet representative office in (UNITED KINGDOM) as indicated in your play coupon because this particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted in South Africa hence your winning information must be kept enable you to participate in our subsequent draws which will see 500 participants traveling on and all expense paid for the trip to South Africa for the Soccer World Cup 2010. In view of this your GBP 2500000.00 would be released to you by an accredited commercial Bank in UNITED KINGDOM (BARCLAYS BANK LONDON). NOTE: To confirm that you have the winning number for the 2ND Wed April 2008 2 5 8 20 21 33 Number 11 Draw visit: http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/index.html confirm under lotto 6 / 49 All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through computer draws system and extracted from over 10000.00 companies and personal e-mails. For security reasons you are advised to keep your claims / winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you via Telegraphic bank transfer to your nominated banking account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double Claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. And part of our precautionary measure to avoid double Claiming and unwarranted abuse of this lottery. Note: you are advice to keep your prize winnings confidential from other ears to avoid double claims of your prize by the public. For due processing and Remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. on my next mail i we be sending you verification and clearance form. Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of this program that you've ensured that you won this competition. Thank you for being part of our Promotional Lottery program. Warm Regards. Trevor Allan (Mr). Canadian agent (UNITED KINGDOM Correspondent) FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER (MIDLAND FINANCE UNITED KINGDOM) P O Box 1010 LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL. PHONE: +447024015713 +447035926214 and the third is received from the seem e-mail adress is the next

ATTN: Winner, ONCE AGAIN THE WHOLE OF THE CANADIAN / SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL LOTTERY CONGRATULATING STAFFS ARE YOU AS ONE OF THE WINNERS, SO PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO ENABLE U.S. CLAIMS.YOU are therefore FILE YOUR ADVICE TO KEEP YOUR CLAIMS FROM CONFIDENTIAL EARS / ANYONE to avoid CLAIMS OF DOUBLE YOUR MONEY / PRIZE, BY THE PUBLIC. THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL To avoid DOUBLE CLAIMING BY ACTS OR UNSCRUPULOUS PARTICIPANTS OF THIS PROGRAM. AND PART OF OUR Precautionary Measure To avoid DOUBLE CLAIMING UNWARRANTED AND ABUSE OF THIS LOTTERY. VERIFICATION AND CLEARANCE FORM 1.FULL NAMES :__________________________________ 2.ADDRESS :___________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ______________________ ______________________________ ______________ 3.SEX :____________ _ _ _ 4.AGE :________ 5.MARITAL STATUS :___________________ 6.OCCUPATION: ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7.E-MAIL ADDRESS :______________________ _______ 8.TELEPHONE NUMBER :_____________________ 9.BATCH NUMBER :____________________ B. REF NUMBER :______________ 10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY / INDIVIDUAL :______________________ _______________ 11. AMOUNT WON: ______________________________ _____ 12. COUNTRY_______________________ _________ Upon receipt of the duly requested data, I will send you the contact information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claim Deema fit you in anyway. Warm Regards. Trevor Allan (Mr). Canadian agent (UNITED KINGDOM Correspondent) FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER (MIDLAND FINANCE UNITED KINGDOM) P O Box 1010 LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL. PHONE: +447024015713 +447035926214 I also tecibido this address: Karl Hermann karlherm556@msn.com Greetings, I am Mr. Karl Hermann, the personal attorney to late Mr. Marc Michelle, a French National. On 3rd January 2001, Mr. Marc and his wife Michelle with their three children were involved in an auto crash, all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then, I have made several inquiries with his country's Embassy to locate any of his extended relatives. This has also proved unsuccessful. I decided to personally contact you with this business partnership proposal to assist me in repatriating a huge amount of money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared non-service by the finance house where this huge deposit was lodged. The deceased had a deposit presently Valued at $ 18000000.00 (Eighteen Million United States Dollars) and the bank has issued me a notice to provide his next of kin or by beneficiary will otherwise have the account confiscated. Having been unsuccessful in communicating any of my late client relatives for over two (2) years now, I am now seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin / beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account value at $ 18 Million U.S. Dollars can be paid to you. Already, I have worked out modalities for achieving my aim of appointing a next of kin as well as transfer the money abroad for us to share in the ratio of 45% and 45% for me to you and we shall collectively donate 10% to the needy and helpless. Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated. Best wishes, Karl Hermann thank you very much my e-mail is ayasemiglia@hotmail.com, for any consultation ana
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