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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:
  • "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.
  • universal_claims@zwallet.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mattyrich24@yahoo.com
  • universal_lottery24h@zwallet.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MARIO DESANA <universal_lottery24h@zwallet.com>
Reply-To: universal_claims@zwallet.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:42:54 +0100
Subject: Congratulation !!!lottery winner of $500,000 dollars




NOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
UNIVERSAL LOTTERY
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
BATCH NO: 65409/11/05/ELT
REF. NO: ELT/54390812/121/8732
WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL
NOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERYBALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD. Your name attached to ticket number 217428 with Serial number
770432 drew the lucky numbers of 62-81-75-64-20-44, which consequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ( US$500,000.00 ) only, which is deposited in your favour as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY.
It is important that keep your winning confidential to avoid people garnering your information and subsequently making claim with your winning paraphernalia information, UNIVERSAL LOTTERY will decline payment if such irregularity occurs.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000.00 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world. To begin your lottery claim,
please contact your claims agent below on or before the 15th of april 2006
CONTACT NAME: MARTINS RICHMOND
EMAIL:universal_claims@zwallet.com
mattyrich24@yahoo.com
It is imperative that you contact your assigned payment officer within the stipulated period of time. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in subsequent promos.
Please note in order to avoid preventable delays and Complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Yours Sincerely,
PROFF.MARIO DESANA
( vice President )
universal_lottery24h@zwallet.com
DISCLAIMER: This communication is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient (s) and shall not attach any liability on the originator, UNIVERSAL LOTTERY,
.If you are the addressee, the contents of this letter are intended for your use only and it shall not be forwarded to any third party, without first
obtaining written authorizations from the originator.It may contain information, which is confidential and legally privileged and the same shall not be used or dealt with by any third party in any manner without the specific consent of UNIVERSAL LOTTERY.
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