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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")
  • "claims director" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• 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.
  • +4407040112449
• 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.
  • sirwilliams_cole@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS LINDA BAKER" <mrslindabaker900@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:12:03 +0000
Subject: FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION NOTICE

DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
FREE JACKPOT LOTTERIES PROMOTIONS
PADS HILL, MAIDSTONE,
KENT ME15 6AT, UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Lucky Winner,

LOTTERY AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE

The FREE JACKPOT LOTTERIES PROMOTIONS
focuses on health, education, culture, rural development,
institution-building and the promotion of economic development. It is
dedicated to improving living conditions and opportunities for the poor,
without regard to their faith, origin or gender. Many small charity
organizations today are struggling to collect money for their worthy causes.
Small organizations are very interesting to support because they pass on a
very large portion of the money they receive. Most recently JACKPOT
LOTTERIES ASSOCIATION set up the FREE JACKPOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS to give out
prizes based on the computer email ballot system. The motive is to get a
wide ranging awareness campaign to a wider spectrum of people in order to
get them to participate in this program. To propagate awareness for the use
of the internet as a means of problem solving and raise funds for our
course. We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today , of winners
of the promotional FREE JACKPOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS PROGRAMS held on 19TH
JANUARY 2006 as part of our yearly bonanza. Your email address attached to
ticket number 0987-234-8906-880, with serial number 7890-04 drew the lucky
numbers 67-90-43-37-09-67, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
USD$600,000.00 (Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) in cash
credited to file REF NO.FJLP/7581871432/90. This is from total prize money
of USD$10,200,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in
this category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, South
America, Europe, Australia and North America as part of our International
Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. All participants in this
Lottery Program have been selected randomly through 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 takes place
every year.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. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes USD$50 million International Lottery.

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 countries and is also Void where prohibited.Principals and
employees of the FREE JACKPOT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS and the FREE JACKPOT
LOTTERY PROMOTIONS and its respective parents, subsidiaries and their
immediate family members are not eligible.

CLAIMS PROCEDURES:

It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the processing
of claims application. It is even moreimperative 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) the body assigned with the verification of all
emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be followed
to facilitate your claims;

CONTACT: SIR. WILLIAMS COLE,
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT UNIT - CDU,
ADVANT LOTTERY CONSULTANTS AGENCY.
Phone: +44 (0) 704 011 2449
Fax: +44 (0) 703 040 1264
Coy email: claimsdepartment@alcagency.org.uk
Personal email: sirwilliams_cole@excite.com


Also find all other relevant winning lottery Information below:
Ref No: FJLP/7581871432/90
Batch No: 19/07420/FJLP/AILP
Zonal Draw No:FJLP2-05
Grand Draw No: 07643

IMPORTANCE NOTICE:

(a) Note that you must contact your claims agent not later than 31ST January
2006. As there exist a periodic condition to your claims processing, failing
which would lead to
disqualification and winnings forfeiture.
(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrants 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 grand 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 borne solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the
oath of secrecy taken on employment.
(d) By this lottery prize awards winning, you acknowledge your acceptance to
be added to our lottery master player database.
(e) By this prize winning, you agree to receive our periodic mailings which
will include, but are not limited to; Newsletters,Invitations to Play,
Announcements, Adverts and
Offers we feel would be of interest to our master players.
(f) By this winning, you understand that you reserve the discretion to be
removed from any such mailing list which automatically disqualifies you from
subsequent lottery entries.
Removal instructions are on every mail.
(f) We hereby do solemnly pledge to maintain the privacy of our master
players/lucky winners database and shall not make FREE JACKPOT LOTTERY
PROMOTIONS liable for sale, rent, lease or the illegal use of information
about our players/winners.
(g) 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.
(i) 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.

PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS MAIL. Contact the Claims Director to process
your claims.

Yours Sincerely,

MRS LINDA BAKER
NB: ALWAYS QUOTE THE REF/BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR
CORRESPONDENCE.



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