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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447031921638 (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.
  • paulbauer2121@yahoo.ie (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "George Solomon" <george_solomon110@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jeanthompson@walla.com
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:44:05 +0000
Subject: 1ST JANUARY RELEASE

AERO UNITED UK NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY,UK
1st Floor, 117 Gower Street
London WC1E 6AP
UK.

Tel.No.+44-703-1921638
Tel.No.++44-703-1921639
FROM: THE DESK OF DR. GEORGE SOLOMON ,THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF:GTD /052/345658763212
BATCH: 21/1707/YTF
ATTENTION SIR,

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,
2ND, of fEBRUARY,2006,winners of the AERO UNITED UK NATIONAL
SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY,UK, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on
1st of January,2006,
Your company, attached to ticket number TWE/
003-2134-3260-32154, with serial number 33901 -032 drew the
lucky numbers 3-10-11-17-23-47, and consequently won the
lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of US$6.3m in cash credited
to file REF NOGTD /052/345658763212. This is from total
prize of US$28,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen
international winners in differents categories.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn form 15 million names from Australia, New
Zealand, America, Europe and North America and Africa as
part of International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a company insured in your
name. 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 you prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion
International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your mandated claims
agent Dr.SOLOMON WOOD in LONDON as a shortlisted computer
balloting system, Foreign Service Payment Director through
the above email address or through his email address as
follows:solomonwood@walla.com
For due processing and
remittance of your prize to a designated account of your
choice.
You can also contact him via these email addresses as follows:
paulbauer2121@yahoo.ie OR perrystevernus@walla.com

Be categorically informed that any necessary
obligation/requirement should be met by individual
beneficiary towards remmitance of your fund to your
account. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not
later than 20TH of mARCH,2006. After this date, all
funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: 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. Furthermore, 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. Sincerely

DR. GEORGE SOLOMON
The Promotion Manager AERO UNITED UK NATIONAL
SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY,UK,
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification.

Sorry for the late information
Thanks

DR. GEORGE SOLOMON

Please,do fill our Form-BVB-1 below and return same back to us for the
processing of your won prize.
AERO UNITED UK NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY,UK
1st Floor, 117 Gower Street
London WC1E 6AP
UK.
Tel.No.+44-703-1921638
Tel.No.++44-703-1921639
1st Floor,
117 Gower Street London
WC1E 6AP UK.
(Form-BVB-1 )
1.REFERENCE.....................................................

2.NUMBER:........................................................

4.WINNINGNUMBER..................................:...............

5.FULL NAME.......................................................

6.AGE:............................................................

7.SEX:.............................................................

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN..................................................

9.OCCUPATION:......................................................

10.COMPANY NAME:....................................................

11.FULL ADDRESS:....................................................

12.TEL:.............................................................

15.FAX:..............................................................

14.MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER...........................................

15.E-MAIL ADDRESS:...................................................

16.DO YOU WANT CHEQUE OR DIRECT TRANSFER ?

17.HOW DO YOU WISH TO SPEND YOUR WON PRIZE

18.Signature Or Name..................................................
AERO UNITED UK NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY,UK
Tel.No.+44-703-1921638
Tel.No.++44-703-1921639

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