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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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")
• 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: "global promo" <global_promo_10th@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:06:41 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU WON $850,000.00 USD

CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU WON $850,000.00 USD
ATTENTION:

10TH GLOBAL PROMO-ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM, THE NETHERLANDS.
ALFONSTRAAT B56, 1002 BS AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,INTERNATIONALPROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT,

REF: OYL /26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

ATTENTION: RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of the 10TH
GLOBAL PROMO-ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM, THE NETHERLANDS held on the
10th of october 2005. Having picked your email address by our electronic
website visitors collators in recognitionofyourpatronage to the Internet
services, in the final draw, your name was attached to ticket number
023-0148-790-459, with Serial number 5073-11 drew the Lucky numbers
43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You
have thereforebeen approved for a lump sum pay out of US$850.000.00 in cash
credited to file REF NO.OYL /26510460037/02. This is from total prize money
of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the Twenty-nine international winners in
this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Africa, America and Asia
as part of international promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Bank in sterdam,insured in your name. 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.

To begin your claim, please contact our fudiciarry agent at :
roby_kelly5@walla.com . For due processing and remittance of your prize
money to a designated account of your choice.

NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to
quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your 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 and thank you for being part of our
promotion program.

Sincerely,
Zack Sonnie.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
10TH GLOBAL PROMO-ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.

N.B
Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.

Anti-fraud resources:

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