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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • newhopefoundation_claimsagent@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERY COORDINATOR" <newhopefoundations@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:21:39 +0000
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
LONDON ZONE. 36 GREAT SURRY HOUSE.
London.SE28 8LR.

AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION.


REF NO: HFTI/941OYI/05
BATCH NO: 03/06/MA34

CONGRATULATION..........HOPE WINNER 2005


The Hope Foundation International is a charitable foundation headquarters
in United Kingdom which serves to promote music, theater, art, literature,
projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well
as science, research, and higher education. Most recently the foundation set
up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes based on the computer ballot
system. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet
for academic and business pursuits.

We are pleased to announce winners of the promotional Foundation Trust
International program held on September, 2005 as part of our yearly bonanza.
Your email address attached to ticket number 0945-5876-H9N, with serial
number 222-781 drew the lucky numbers 9923-8467, and consequently won the
lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay of &#8356;852,000.00 Only (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO BRITISH POUNDS)
in cash. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from 25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe,
USA and North America as part our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Please be inform that all participants in this Lottery Program have been
selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over 200,000
Companies and 30,000,000 individual email address from all search engines
and web sites. This promotional program takes place every year. Your fund is
now deposited with a Finance/Security House and insured. Due to the mix up
of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to
your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of you prize, you will sponsor charitable foundation
that will touch the lives of people and less privilege ones arround you? To
process your claim, please contact the clearing house (through your claims
agent) with your Full Name and Home Address, Office,Home Tel & Fax Number
including your mobile phone number for easy communication with any of our
processing agent in Europe.Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be
followed to facilitate your claims. For due processing and remittance of
your prize money to a designated account of your choice, contact your claim
agent upon your receipt of this notification message.Below are information
of your claims agent.

MR.MICHAEL FOX.
MRS. JESSICA HINES.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGERS.
CONTACT E-MAIL:newhopefoundation_claimsagent@hotmail.com



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

Congratulations again from all our staff.


Best Regards,

MR. PAUL ADAMS.
THE ZONAL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
HOPE FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL.


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