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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • mrmichealben@fsmail.net

Fraud email example:

From: william paul <agent_company04@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 07:33:05 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WIN


MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT. THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Attn: Sir/Madam,
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,of winners of the OSLO LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, held on Sat 20th Feb/ 2006 as part of our promotional draws.Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 1,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,Australia,Canada, Europe, Middle East, and NewZealand as part of our electronic business Promotion Program. You qualified for the draw as a result of our visiting various websites and we are running the e-business promotions.
You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number 513-10 drew the lucky numbers, 01,03,06,22,23,39,+21 and consequently won in the second Category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of (£160,047)Euro in cash, which is the winning payout for second category winners. This is from the total prize money of (£1,600,470.)Euro shared among the 10 international winners in the second category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the OSLO Lottery Finance and 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 your prize, you will participate in our end of year (2006) high stakes £2.3 Million International Lottery.To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent immediately.
MR MICHEAL BEN
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
Universal Buildiing
21 JALAN 3/118C Desa Tun Razak
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Malaysia TEL:+60126495641EMAIL;mrmichealben@fsmail.net
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 14 days
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 provided below in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825P-4,BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and Thank You for being part of our promotions program. Sincerely,
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail box. Contact your claim agent through the email above .and try to call her also for speedy
notification.
You can go to our online result site to confirm the
value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do
You have to note that this program is being sponsored by the South African lotto Authority, And supported by FIFA to create awareness for the coming 2010 world Cup, which is to be host by South Africa



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