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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "jackpot promotional lottery programme"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +447040111060 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704785187 (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.
  • epsonevents@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "jackpot draw" <jackpotdraw2@hotmail.fr>
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:35:17 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

Jackpot Lotteries
Ref: ITTL/34117HPG/GRCC
Draw No.: 2245
Category: 2B
Winning Number: 08 15 30 31 34 43 40
Batch Number: ATP/44863214257/3445328/563
Date: 5th January, 2006

WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

We happily announce to you the draws of the Jackpot Promotional Lottery
Programme sponsored by European Lotteries and held in The United Kingdom on
the 31st of December, 2005 in which you and five (5) provisional winners
were selected as winners under draw No. 2245.

Due to mix up in some numbers and names the results of the draw were
withheld and released today. For the purpose of security you are therefore
strongly advised to keep this award notification secret from public notice
until your claim has been processed and your prize money paid as this is
part of our security protocol to avoid duplicity of claims or misuse of this
programme by miscreants and hackers. Thus, your prize award winning is
confidential as our winners are at liberty to remain completely anonymous
until payment is effected to the benefit of the beneficiary. Our staffs are
sworn to secrecy, so you will be the only one to know what you have won.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 08-04-33-38-BL-AU drew the
lucky numbers: 08 15 30 31 34 43 40, which subsequently won you the lottery
in Category 2B. All participants were selected randomly through computer
ballot draw system and from 150,000 individuals as part of our international
promotions program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas
entries. You have therefore been granted provisional approval to claim a
total sum of 649,790.44 Cents (Six Hundred and Forty Nine Thousand Seven
Hundred and Ninety Pounds and Forty Four Pence) as your winning prize. This
is from a total prize pool of 3,998, 742.67 Pounds. NO PRIZES WILL BE
REISSUED AFTER THE 30TH OF JANUARY, 2006. For lucky winners, it is our
standard practices to allocate accredited claims agents for the processing
of claim application and payment of prize winnings to the benefit of
beneficiaries after all modalities have been completed satisfactorily.

To begin your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as a
matter of urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for
Overseas Lucky Winners for the processing of your prize awards winning and
payment after all statutory obligations have been concluded satisfactorily.

Contact the under-listed institution by phone, fax or email for your
application to be submitted and processed for payment thus:

CONTACT:

MR. MARCUS DE JONG,
EPSON EVENTS MANAGEMENT LIMITED,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel: +44 704 0111 060
Fax: +44 870 4785 187
EMAILS: epson_events_mgt@walla.com
epsonevents@excite.com

In line with this, your 649,790.44 Pounds will be paid to you upon
confirmation and clarification by our claims agent who will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your winnings as soon as
you contact him. Do please quote your Draw, Reference and Winning numbers in
any correspondence with our designated agent. Also include your telephone
number(s) when contacting the agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this programme and
thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programme.

Sincerely yours,

Helena McBride (Ms.)
Results Coordinator.
website: www.jackpot.com

N.B. Should there be any changes in address do inform our agent as soon as
possible. Do not send your response to this e-mail account. Anybody under
the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.



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