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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.
  • stanleytony@ny.com

Fraud email example:

From: "awele jerry" <awelejerry@awelejerry.com>
Reply-To: stanleytony@ny.com
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:46:26 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

"Ref: OYL/265104060037/02
Batch: 24/00319/IPD
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION AND FINAL NOTICE
WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, 20TH OF OCTOBER
2005,OF WINNERS OF THE CASHOUTLOTTO INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM.
YOUR DETAILS, ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER 275-1085-8862-005, WITH SERIAL
NUMBER 8786-35 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 5 16 22 36 37 65. YOU HAVE
THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR A LUMP SUM PAY OUT OF 850,000 EUROS DORLARS IN
CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO. REF:OYL/265104060037/02.ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE
SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 25,000 NAMES FROM
MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, AFRICA, CANADA, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND,SOUTH AND
NORTH AMERICA AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
PROGRAM.CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR FUND IS NOW DEPOSITED WITH AN INTERNATIONAL
FINANCE AND SECURITY HOUSE INSURED IN YOUR NAME.DUE TO THE MIX UP OF SOME
NUMBERS AND NAMES, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS,AWARDSTRICTLY FROM PUBLIC
NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR MONEYREMITTED 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 PARTICIPATE IN OUR NEW YEAR HIGH STAKES $18.3 MILLION EUROS
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR INTERNATIONAL
CLAIMS AGENT.
STANLEY TONY,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
EMAIL:(stanleytony@ny.com)
FOR DUE PROCESSING AND REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO A DESIGNATED
ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE.REMEMBER, YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT
NOTLATERTHAN 3TH NOVEMBER, 2005. AFTER THIS DATE, ALL FUNDS WILL BE
RETURNEDAS UNCLAIMED.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 PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM.
SINCERELY,
AWELE JERRY,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
CASHOUTLOTTO.
SEND ALONG WITH YOUR REPLY FULL NAMES ,ADDRESS ,AGE MARITIAL STATUE,
OCCUPATION ,TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.
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 CLAIM AGENT."

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