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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • robbins_frances@yahoo.com
  • robbins_frances@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Lotto Incoporated-" <lottoincoporated2005@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:38:47 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON!!!

DATE:5/10/2005
TICKET NUM: 4112-3609-7754
TICKET PIN: 90003500183A

CONGRATULATIONS

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO INFORM YOU OF YOUR PRIZE RELEASE ON THE 03TH OF
OCTOBER 2005 FROM THE GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME. WHICH
IS FULLY BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC SELECTION OF WINNERS USING THEIR E-MAIL
ADDRESSES.YOUR NAME WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER; TICKET NUM:
4112-3609-7754 TICKET PIN: 90003500183A THIS BATCH DRAWS THE LUCKY NUMBERS
AS
FOLLOWS 5-13-33-37-42BONUS NUMBER 17,WHICH CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY
IN THE FIRST CATEGORY. YOU HERE BY HAVE BEEN APPROVED A LUMP SUM PAY OF
1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING) IN CASH CREDIT FILE REF:
ILP/HW 47509/02 FROM THE TOTAL CASH PRIZE OF 8,000,000.00 POUNDS SHARED
AMONGST EIGHT LUCKY WINNERS IN THIS CATEGORY. ALL PARTICIPANT WERE
SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM DRAWN FORM NINE HUNDRED
THOUSAND
E-MAIL ADDRESSES FROM CANADA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES, ASIA, EUROPE,
MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEANIA AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
PROGRAM WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY. THIS LOTTERY WAS PROMOTED AND
SPONSORED BY
A CONGLOMORATE OF SOME MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES AS PART OF THEIR SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITIZENS IN THE COMMMUNITIES WHERE THEY HAVE
OPERATIONAL BASE. FURTHER MORE YOUR DETAILS(E-MAIL ADDRESS) FALLS
WITHIN
OUR EUROPEAN REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE HERE IN LONDON, AS INDICATED IN YOUR
PLAY COUPON AND YOUR PRIZE OF 1,000,000.00 POUNDS WILL BE RELEASED TO
YOU
FROM THIS HEAD OFFICE HERE IN LONDON . WE HOPE WITH PART OF YOUR
PRIZE, YOU WILL PARTICIPATE IN OUR END OF YEAR HIGH STAKES FOR 1.3
BILLION POUNDS INTERNATIONAL DRAW. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: SIMPLY
CONTACT OUR
FIDUCIAL AGENT, DR.ROBBINS FRANCES THRUOGH
robbins_frances@yahoo.com
TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM . PLEASE QUOTE YOUR TICKET NUMBER AND TICKET PIN
WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THIS NOTIFICATION
AS WELL AS YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER TO HELP LOCATE
YOUR FILE EASILY. FOR SECURITY REASONS, WE ADVICE ALL WINNERS TO KEEP
THIS INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL FROM THE PUBLIC UNTIL YOUR CLAIM IS
PROCESSED AND YOUR PRIZE RELEASED TO YOU. THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY
PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING AND UNWARRANTED TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THIS
PROGRAMME BY NON-PARTICIPANT OR UNOFFICIAL PERSONNEL. NOTE, ALL
WINNINGS
MUST BE CLAIMED BY THE 30TH OF OCT 2005; OTHERWISE ALL FUNDS WILL BE
RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND EVENTUALLY DONATED TO CHARITY
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN ON YOUR WINNINGS!!!

BEST REGARDS CAROL SMITH (CO-ORDINATOR)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR AGENT
robbins_frances@yahoo.com
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT
TO DISQUALIFICATION.



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