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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")
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +447040124478 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448709504556 (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.
  • allied_finltd2005@katamail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "GLOBAL PROMO" <globalpromo2005@msn.com>
Reply-To: allied_finltd2005@katamail.com
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 09:10:57 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

FROM MR PETER CROFT.
THE COORDINATOR, GLOBAL LOTTERY UK.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
GLOBAL LOTTERY, UK.
DEAR WINNER,

SECOND CATEGORY HIGH STAKES DRAW

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the Results of the Stakes
Draws of GLOBAL LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM. We are happy to inform you that you
have emerged a winner under the Second Category High Stakes Draw,Which is
part of our promotional draws.
The draws were held on 1ST MARCH, 2005 and results are being officially
announced today. Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 30,000 names/email addresses of Individuals and companies
from Africa, America, Asia,Australia,Europe, Middle East, and
Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program. You/Your Company,
attached to ticket number 66-1-452, with serial number 52-27 drew the
winning numbers 09 15 18 56 31 60 (25) and
consequently won in The Second Category.pYou have therefore been awarded a
lump sum payout of £2,500,000:00M GBP (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand
Pounds), which is the winning payout for Second Category Winners.
This is from the total prize money of £15,000,000:00 shared between six
(6)winners in the B Category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your fund has been long deposited with our International Funds
Transferagents ALLIED FINANCE LTD and has been insured in your name. In
your bestinterest and also 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.We also wish to bring to your
notice our mid-year 2005 Premium Stakes Draw where you stand a chance of
Winning up to £50 M that will be shared Amongst 10 winners worldwide, we
hope that with a part of your
prize you will participate. Please contact your claims agent immediately
fordue processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated bank
account of your choice;

MR. ROBERT WHITE
FINANCE MANAGER,
INTERGRATED FINANCE & SECURITY
Plains INTERGRATED Center HOUSE
642 HIGH ROAD LEYCONSTONE
LONDON , GREATER LONDON E113AA,
LONDON UK.
TELL:+447040124478,+447040124475
FAX: +448709504556,
EMAIL:allied_finltd2005@katamail.com

You are advised to contact your claims agent by Email and/or faxwithin a
week of receiving this notice. Failure to do so may warrant immediate
disqualification.

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:
EGLUK/05/8256/83219/QE321 BATCH NUMBER: EG5/A005-19 Congratulations
once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions
program.

Sincerely,
MR PETER CROFT.
THE COORDINATOR,
GLOBAL LOTTERY UK.
13 GORDON ROAD TUDOR
SQUARE NG25LL LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM.
TEL:+447040112124
FAX:+447030404662

N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.
Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims agent
immediately.(TERMS AND CONDITION APPLYS).


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