419 scam: Woods Rose <rose_woods@web.de> CHILD CARE PROMOTION RANI ALI JUMA.............CALL ME .... 00228PŒë¸"

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:
- "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- fry2_contact@yahoo.co.uk (Yahoo, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Woods Rose <rose_woods@web.de>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:39:54 +0100
Subject: CHILD CARE PROMOTION

CHILD CARE PROMOTION
10 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE,
LONDON WC2N 5BX, THE UNITED KINGDOM.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch: 12/25/0034
Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of CHILD CARE
HIGH-STAKE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM.

The online Cyber Lotto Email draws was conducted by a random selection of
email addresses from an
exclusive list of 500,000 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate
bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no
tickets were sold but
all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for
representation and privacy.
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of
twelve winners in the
first category with the following data

Ref Number: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: 12/25/0034
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750

You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of
USD$1,000,000 (ONE
MILLION DOLLARS) each from the total payout.

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transferred to you upon
meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations
and satisfactory
report.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to
contact our licensed and
accredited claims agent/security company for first category winners with the
information below:
Mrs. Sandra Fry
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release Order Dept.
Email: fry2_contact@yahoo.co.uk,

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from today. After this
date all unclaimed funds
would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference
information in all
correspondence with your claims agent.

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your reference and
ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be
entertained).
Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to
participate in this program.
Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,
Rose woods.
Games/Lottery Coordinator.

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