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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 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:
  • "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 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.
  • taylor_claimsagent@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: victory_lotto2006@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:42:06 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=21?=

ATTENTION:

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE We are pleased to inform you of
the
announcement
today, 22th march, 2006 of winners of the VICTORY PROMO
LOTTERY,THE
SPAIN/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS
held on 17th march , 2006.

Your email address,is attached to ticket number 234-808-457-2269 , with
serial number 5073-11 drew
the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently won the lottery
in
the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$5,500.000.00
in cash credited to file REF
NO. SSW/25041238013/03. This is from total prize money of
US$80,400,000.00
shared among the seventeen
international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from
a collation of frequent internet
users from all over the world from Australia, New Zealand, America,
Europe,
North America and Asia as
part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted
bia-annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Security 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 you prize, you will participate
in our end of year high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent; MR.TAYLOR JAMES,
FOREIGN
SERVICE MANAGER,
RAYMOND CROSSROAD, SPAIN, via this email address
(taylor_claimsagent@yahoo.com)
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account
of your choice.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later thanth20th
march,2006
. 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 in every one of your orrespondences with
your
agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of
our promotions program.

Sincerely,
MR.JOHN ANDERSON
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
VICTORY PROMO LOTTERY,THE
SPAIN.

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