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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +447040114754 (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.
  • winnersbatch06@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "irish lottery" <irishlottery123@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:35:27 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

The Irish Lottery
P O Box 1010
11 G Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin 1, United Kingdom
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the IRISH LOTTERY online
Sweepstakes international program held on wednesday 4th of january 2006 is
now available for claims and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION
asregards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:01,07,08,28,32,41 Bonus Number 05
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 5 plus
bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €1,350,000.00 Euro.
(One million, three hundred and fifty thousand Euros) in cash credited to
File KTU/9023118308/03, your winning ticket in this category i.e Match 6
plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that
are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your €1,350,000.00 Euro One million, three hundred and fifty thousand
Euros) will be released to you by any of our payment offices
in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons,you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner
you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!!!

To file for your claim, contact our fiduciary agent:
MR JAMES GIBSON
Tel: +44-704-011-4754
Email:winnersbatch06@myway.com

Endeavour to email him your full names,full address,winning
numbers,telephone and fax numbers immediately.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE IRISH LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Ivy Sanchez(Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE IRISH LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

Confidentiality Notice:
Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to it,is/are
confidential and is/are intended for the sole use of the individual(s) or
entity(ies) to which it/they is/are addressed. Any
use,distribution,copying or disclosure by any other person or entity is
strictly prohibited under applicable law(s). If you received this email in
error,please notify the sender by return email and delete the original
message (making sure it is also deleted from the Deleted Items folder of
your mail client).

Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not
relate to official business of IRISH LOTTERY and insurance shall be
understood to be neither given nor endorsed by IRISH LOTTERY finance and
insurance when addressed to comet finance and insurance clients; and any
information contained in this email is subject to the terms and conditions
of the governing client's contract(s).



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