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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • johnartuzy@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "agentlogan@britpost.com" <robbyjames@katamail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:48:48 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION.."Your E-mail Just Won our Award"

Dear Sir/Madam,

Re: Award Notification
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of your selection as one of the five
winners of the promotional Free Lotto Sweepstakes held recently as part of our
EXPERIMENTAL BONANZA. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
900,000.00 British Pounds (Nine Hundred thousand British Pounds only).
We in the Free Lottery Sweepstakes is by this program,Launching our model computer
balloting lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the
ever-growing number of participants in our various lottery programs. With funds accrued
exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be
transferred in record time.

After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000 emails
all participants were selected through a computer ballot system from the Middle East,
Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and South America as part our International
Promotions Program, which was conducted in view of launching ourselves into the
Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide and zoning all participants by their respective
continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have
emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.
You are to contact our agents by email or fax within a week of receiving this notice.
Please find full contact details below:

Mr.John Allen Artuz
Alphakonsult Financial Services
United Kingdom
Email: johnartuzy@yahoo.co.uk

Telephone lines(Working hours only,U.K Time) :
44 703 194 5056
44 703 194 6945

FaxLines : 44 870 127 7461
44 870 134 7673

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 claims agent
Ref No: AFSL/HTF/12-F892697954
Batch No:74-263-BBN
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099

N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;
1.Winners must pay 820 British pounds only or its equivalent in your local currency as
fee before claiming their prize for the processing and handling of award by agent.
2.Winners should send to claim officer account detail or address where they want their
prize paid or sent.
3Winners must send their names,address,telephone
number and means of identification (international passport or drivers licence)to claim
officer, via email or fax, to process the immediate payment of your prize.


Congratulations once again.
Sincerely,
Ms Jane Adams,
Freelotto Ltd
PO Box 42
Peterborough
PE3 8XH
United Kingdom

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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam