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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:
  • "fiduciary 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 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.
  • agentsonia1@jmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MARIA DANIEL" <mariadaniels_54@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: agentsonia1@jmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:17:15 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU ARE A WINNER !!!!









Award Notification.
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Ref No: MELI-T/ 17-F044262312
Batch No:901/00319/HLP
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 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 1,400,000.000USD.(One Million Four
Hundred Thousand Dollars.)

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 contact your fiduciary agent

Miss Sonia Francisco
Fiduciary Agent,
Free lotto sweepstakes United Kingdom



Email:agentsonia1@jmail.co.za

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

You are adviced to keep your winning information away from the public,As any
breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.

Note that the FREELOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL will remit prize payout to only
winners who officially file in for their prize claims.
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APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM FORM -
NAME:..................................................................
AGE:...................................................................
SEX:..................................................................
ADDRESS:...............................................................
EMAIL:................................................................
PHONE
No.:.................................................................
OCCUPATION:..........................................................
COMPANY:...............................................................
COUNTRY:..............................................................


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CLAIMANT SIGNATORY DECLARATION

I ..................................... Declare as the lotto prize
winner that all information I have provided for my winning claims are
true and correct information of myself. I agree with the FREELOTTO
GROUP INTERNATIONAL lottery policy and regulation in line with my
lottery claims.
==========================================

Congratulations once again.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Maria Daniels
External service manager
The Lotto People
PO Box 42 Peterborough
PE3 8XH
United Kingdom



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