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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")
• 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: "MRS LINDA BAKER WIN LOTTERY PROMO" <mrslindabaker4@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 02:45:55 +0000
Subject: RE: LOTTERY AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.

DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
WORLD INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
PADS HILL, MAIDSTONE,
KENT ME15 6AT, UNITED KINGDOM

ATTN: LUCKY WINNER.

RE: LOTTERY AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE.

The WORLD INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
focuses on health, education, culture, rural
development, institution-building and the promotion of economic
development. It is dedicated to improving living conditions and
opportunities for the poor, without regard to their faith, origin
or gender. Many small charity organizations today are struggling to
collect money for their worthy causes. Small organizations are very
interesting to support because they pass on a very large portion of
the money they receive. Most recently WINLPPROMO set up the
WINLPPROMO to give out prizes based on the computer ballot
system. The motive is to get a wide ranging awareness campaign to a
wider spectrum of people in order to get them to participate in
this program. To propagate awareness for the
use of the internet as a means of problem solving and raise funds
for our course. We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today , of winners of the promotional WORLD INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL
LOTTERY PROMOTIONS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 7TH OCTOBER
2005 as part of our yearly bonanza. Your email address attached to ticket
number
0987-234-8906-880, with serial number 7890-04 drew the lucky
numbers 67-90-43-37-09-67, and consequently won the lottery in
the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum
pay out of GBP1,200,000.00 (One Million, Two Hundred Thousand
Pounds Sterling only) in cash credited to file REF
NO.WINLP/7581871432/90. This is from total prize money of
GBP20,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners
in this category. 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 of our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. 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 emails address from all search engines
and web sites. This promotional program takes place every year.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 your prize, you will participate in our end of year high
stakes GBP50 million International Lottery.
ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and
is open to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid
email address and who live in any of the aforementioned
countries. This promotion is void in all other countries and is
also Void where prohibited.Principals and employees of the
WINLPPROM and the WINLPPROMO and its respective parents,
subsidiaries and their immediate family members are not eligible.
CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the
processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for
overseas winners. To begin your claims
therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency, to contact the
under listed licensed and accredited claims agent for the
processing of your prize awards winning.Please contact the clearing
house (through your claims agent) the body assigned with the
verification of all emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid
down by them must be followed to facilitate your claims;
CONTACT: MR MARK JOHNSON,
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT UNIT - CDU,
ADVENTIS LOTTERY CLAIMS AGENCY.
Direct Telephone: 44 704 011 3396
Direct FAX: 44 703 040 3653
EMAIL: claimsdepartment@adventislotteryclaimsagency.org

Also find all other relevant winning lottery Information
below:
Ref No: WINLP/7581871432/90
Batch No: 19/07420/WINLP/AILP
Zonal Draw No:WINLP2-05
Grand Draw No: 07643

IMPORTANCE NOTICE:
(a) Note that you must contact your claims agent not later than
17TH October 2005. As there exist a periodic condition to your
claims processing, failing which would lead to disqualification and
winnings forfeiture.
(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrants full
and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and
conditions of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of
payment of your grand prize awards winning.
(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning
details very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a
breach of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be
borne solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of
secrecy taken on employment.
(d) By this lottery prize awards winning, you acknowledge your
acceptance to be added to our lottery master player database.
(e) By this prize winning, you agree to receive our periodic
mailings which will include, but are not limited to; Newsletters,
Invitations to Play, Announcements, Adverts and Offers we feel
would be of interest to our master players.
(f) By this winning, you understand that you reserve the discretion
to be removed from any such mailing list which automatically
disqualifies you from subsequent lottery entries. Removal
instructions are on every mail.
(f) We hereby do solemnly pledge to maintain the privacy of our
master players/lucky winners database and shall not make WINLPROMO
liable for sale, rent, lease or the illegal use of
information about our players/winners.
(g) 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.
(i) 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.
PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS MAIL. Contact the claims Director
to process your claims.

Sincerely,
MRS LINDA BAKER
NB: ALWAYS QUOTE THE REF/BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE.


THE VICE PRESIDENT,
WORLD INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS



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