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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.
  • +447024067115 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704909670 (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.
  • claimsinformation.deptofficer@gmail.com
  • claims_deptmanager@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "promotion coordinator" <promocoord@eleden.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:24:08 -0600
Subject: you have been randomly selected in our 2006 database

THE 6 BALL GAMES LOTTERY
LONDON OFFICE
233-5 AMITHY GROVE,
LONDON,SW200LL.
UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Winner,

We are please to announce you as one of the 3 lucky winners in the 6
BALL GAMES LOTTERY draw held last week of January 2006. All 3 winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 5,000,000
international
emails.
Your email address emerged alongside 2 others as a 3rd category
winner in this month's draw.

Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
£2,000,000 Pounds (Two million pounds) only.The following particulars
are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 05,11,25,31,59 62
(ii) Serial number: 71-2-5166
(iii) Lotto batch number: 6BG-110
(iv) Reference number: WH-904-3

Please contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings:


Claims Department Manager: Mr. Norman King,
Customer Support Unit - CSU,
WILSON & HENRY FINANCIAL FIRM
email: claimsinformation.deptofficer@gmail.com
claims_deptmanager@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +44 702 406 7115
FAX: +44 870 490 9670


Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

Mr. Philip Churchill
Promotions Manager


N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today.
2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4.All winners under the age of 18 are automatically dis-qualified.
5.Please do not reply to this email, contact your claims agent
(Norman King).

_______________________________________________________________________
The 6 BALL GAMES LOTTERY Awards is proudly sponsored by financial
Corp's

and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. 6 BALL GAMES

internet draw is held monthly, and is organized to encourage
the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say
that
over 200 Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries

worldwide.
We also encourage you to visit our website and take your chance to play
and become part of our monthly winners. Millions are won on a monthly
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