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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 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.
  • jack_forman06@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "royal lotto" <ro_yallotto06@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:29:14 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

UK ROYAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM
LC SPRING FIELD 267890 LONDON UK.
FROM: THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION DEPT.

SECURITY FILES NO: DL/678921/C11.
REF: ICL/4245678609/LMR.
BATCH: ML/91663/BAN.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 2nd of FEBUARY 2006,
of winners of the UK ROYAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAMS held on
31st JANUARY, 2006. Your email address attached to ticket number
023-56678230954, drew the lucky numbers 7-14-21-42-49-59; batch number
ML/91663/BAN and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have
therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of GBP 1,200.000.00 (One
Million two Hundred Thousand POUNDS) in credited to file Lottery Reference
number ICL/4245678609/LMR. This is from total prize money of GBP
120,000,000.00 shared among the EIGHT international winners in categories C
with security file number:IL/FLW/12-C036789192.All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 45,000 company email
addresses and 80,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, Africa,
New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now in custody of a financial Security company
insured in your FILE REFERENCE. 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. This lottery program was promoted by our
group
Of philanthropist and ENGLISH Royal family here in UNITED KINGDOM. We hope
with a part of you prize, you Will participate in our end of year high
stakes GBP 25,000,000.00 million International Lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary/claims
Agent: MR.JACK FORMAN
Email: jack_forman06@yahoo.co.uk

Please be aware that your Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon
satisfactory Report, verifications and validation provided by our processing
Agent; that would be designated to your file. For due processing and
remittance of your winning prize to your designated account of your choice.
Be informed that all prize money must be claimed not later than 20th of
FEBUARY 2006. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to
contact your fiduciary/claims officer. JACK FORMAN with followings details
below:

1. Your full names, telephone numbers and contact address

2. Quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address,
do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again
from our team of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional
Program.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs, Angela van Hendrick
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
Winners will result to disqualification

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