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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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!
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +32484411260 (Belgium, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • agentwilfred@tiscali.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: NUEVO-ORO-LOTTO <nuevolottery01@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: nuevolottery02@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:51:08 +0100
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON OUR PRIZE!


NUEVO-ORO LOTTO COMPANY S.L
In Conjunction with The National Organizing
Committe of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
FIFA Football-World cup 2006
organisationskomitee Deutschland
koniginstrabe 23,80539 Munchen.
From: The Desk Of the Promotions Manager,
NUEVO-ORO LOTTO: Prize Awards Department
Reference:FL/668530092 Batch:45301/14/FIFA06/FL.
We gladly wish to inform you of the draws of the Nuevo Oro Lotto in
conjunction
with the National Organizing Committee of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held
on the 11th of Jenuary 2006 in Munich Germany.
You along with 187 others were selected winners under draws 6+J in our
monthly
program which will feature as run up to the games next year when you
will be
due for the final Grand draw.However your e-mail address attached to
ticket
number 508-7895-4456-224 with serial numbers 5223-54 drew the lucky
numbers
16-43-85-33-15-73 and consequently won the lottery in the 5th category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Please be informed that all participants in this lottery program have
been
selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over
500,000
companies and 50,000,000 individual e-mailaddresses from the worldwide
websites.
This Lottery is Organized by the host country Germany, in collaboration
with
FIFA.
Funds for the draws have been contributed by the major sponsors of the
games
which
include adidas,Hyundai,FujiFilm,MasterCard,Gillette,Cocacola,Emirates
Air,
Continental,Toshiba,Mcdonalds,Western union Transfer,Money Gram and a
host
of others.
Due to the computer mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask
that
you
Keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed
And Your money remitted. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double
Claiming or unscrupulous Acts by participants of this program.
Also find all your relevant winning lottery Information below:
Ref No: FL/668530092
Batch No: 45301/14/FIFA06/FL
Zone Draw No: IMSA2-040
Grand Draw No: 14219
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of five
Hundred and fourty-Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight
United States Dollars and Eighty-Seven Cents . ($ 547.828.87) in cash
credited to file
No: LP/26510460037/02.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money, remember that
you
must contact your claim agent on or before 16th February 2006.
Please note that you have been assigned to our regional fiduciary agent
in Belgium for your prize money processing.
To process your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent

EURO TRUST
CONTACT PERSON.... MR DAVID WILFRED
BRUSSELS BELGIUM
EMAIL:agentwilfred@tiscali.co.uk
TEL:+32484411260
After this date, all funds will be returned as 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.
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 Promotions program.
Sincerely,
Philip Suttie
lottery coordinator

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