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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • evelynsjohn@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "mark john" <marksjohn_639@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:05:45 +0000
Subject: CANGARTULATIONS!!!YOU HAVE WON

NUEVO-ORO PROMO COMPANY S.L
In Conjunction with The National Organizing
Committe of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006
organisationskomitee Deutschland
koniginstrabe 23,80539 Munchen.

 

From: The Desk Of the Promotions Manager,
NUEVO-ORO PROMO: Prize Awards Department
Reference:FL/668530092
Batch:45301/14/FIFA06/FL.

 

We gladly wish to inform you of the draws of the Nuevo Oro promo in conjunction with the National Organizing Committee of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held on the 1st of october 2005 in Munich Germany.You along with 187 others were selected winners under draws 6+J in our monthly program which will feature as run up to the games next year when you will be due for the final Grand draw.However your e-mail address attached to ticket number 508-7895-4456-224 with serial numbers 5223-54 drew the lucky numbers 16-43-85-33-15-73 and consequently won the lottery in the 5th category.

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

Please be informed that all participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000 companies and 50,000,000 individual e-mail addresses.This Lottery is Organized by the host country in collaboration with FIFA. Funds for the draws have been contributed by the major sponsors of the games which include didas, Hyundai, FujiFilm, MasterCard, Gillette,Cocacola, Emirates Air, Continental,Toshiba,Mcdonalds and a host of others.

 

Due to the computer mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted.

 

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. Also find all other relevant winning lottery Information below:Ref No: FL/668530092 Batch No:45301/14/FIFA06/FL Zonal Draw No: IMSA2-040Grand Draw No: 14219 You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of One Million Six Hundred and fourty Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight Euros and Eighty-Seven Euro Cents. (EUROS 1.647.828.87) in cash credited to file No:LP/26510460037/02. For all our international winners the value of the amount comes to ($2.045.238.63 USD) Two Million Fouty-Five thousand, two hundred and thrity-eight United States Dollars and Sixty three cents. For due Processing and remittance of your prize money,remember that you must contact your claim on or before 11th of october 2005.After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

 

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to Quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

 

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions program.

 

Sincerely,
MR.RONALD JORGE

 

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent
Mr.EVELYNS JOHN.
EMAIL:evelynsjohn@yahoo.com
OR  NUEVO ORO PROMO COMPANY S.L
CALLE LIMA 27.
MADRID 28081
SPAIN
N.B. You are automatically disqualified if you are below 18 years of age.

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