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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +447031928226 (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.
  • lottoco@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LOTTERY AGENCY" <mercywillemsejyk@netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:08:49 -0300
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION 2006 ! ! !

The Irish Lottery
P O Box 1010
11 G Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin 1, United Kingdom
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the IRISH LOTTERY online
Sweepstakes International program held on Mon 7th Nov 2005 - 9.31pm. It
is now available for claims and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as
regards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:06, 19, 24, 25, 38, 41, (bonus
no.16), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match
5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €7,408,677.00
Euro (Seven million, four hundred and eight thousand, six hundred seventy
seven Euros) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03, your winning
ticket in this category i.e Match 6 plus bonus. All participants for the
online
version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer
draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and
corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.
In
view of this, your €7,408,677.00 Euro (Seven million, four hundred and
eight
thousand, six hundred seventy seven Euros) will be released to you by
any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons,

you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your
claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you
deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!!!

To file for your claim, contact our fiduciary agent:

MR JAMES BUCK
Tel: +44 703 192 8226

Email: lottoco@netscape.net

Endeavour to email him your full names, winning numbers, email
address, telephone and fax numbers immediately.

You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-

http://www.irishlotto.net/news.htm

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE IRISH LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Ivy Sanchez(Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE IRISH LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.



Confidentiality Notice:


Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to
it, is/are confidential and is/are intended for the sole use of the
individual(s)
or entity(ies) to which it/they is/are addressed.

Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by any other person or entity
is strictly prohibited under applicable law(s). If you received this email
in error, please notify the sender by return email and delete the original
message (making sure it is also deleted from the Deleted Items folder of
your mail client).


Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not
relate to official business of IRISH LOTTERY and insurance shall be
understood to be neither given nor endorsed by IRISH LOTTERY finance
and insurance when addressed to comet finance and insurance clients; and
any information contained in this email is subject to the terms and
conditions of the governing client's contract(s).

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