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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!
• 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.
  • +447031907681 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • claimsofficerjanice@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "Diamond Promotions" <dpromo60@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:42:16 +0000
Subject: Diamond Lottery

Diamond Lottery Promos,
406 Bury New Rd.,
Whitefield,
Dublin M45 7SX
Ireland.

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the selected winners of the
Diamond Lottery Promos held today, 19th January, 2005. Your email address
is attached to ticket number
901-0148-790-691, with serial number 6109-17 drew the lucky numbers
990-11-815-37-10-83; the lottery was categorized into four zones (Africa,
America, Europe and Asia) stages.

Consequently you have won the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$300,000.00[Three Hundred
Thousand]US dollars Credited to file REF NO:
MELI-T/17-F044262312 Batch No. 13/FFP/LDL/037.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.

All participants in this Lottery Program have hrough 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 will
take place every year until the games begin in Beijing China in 2008.
However, winners are only eligible for claims once.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.

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 countriesand is also void where prohibited.
Principals and employees
of the Camelot Lottery Promos and its respective Parents,subsidiaries and
their immediate families 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 only) the body assigned with the verification of
all emergent winners. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be
followed to facilitate your claims;

CONTACT AGENCY:

MRS. JANICE VAN DER MER AND ASSOCIATES LTD U.K,
Email: claimsofficerjanice@yahoo.fr
Num:+44-703-190-7681
Fax: 44-870-121-8722



IMPORTANT NOTICE:

(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition of three weeks on all claims
process, failure to comply would lead to disqualification and winnings
Forfeiture. Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.

(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's 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 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 covered solely by such
winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.

Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of
our Promotions program.

Sincerely,
Jamie Smith.
Co-coordinator.

NB: PLEASE SEE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR

CORRESPONDENCE TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.

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The Diamond Lottery Promos Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers,Mckintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies. The Diamond LOTTERY
internet draw in each quater of the year and is so organized to encourage
the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that up
to One Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 Countries worldwide

Anti-fraud resources:

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