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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.
• 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.
  • guinnessclaims_dept@boxbg.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "pe\.hall" <pe.hall@laposte.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:59:18 +0200
Subject: URGENT NOTIFICATION!!!








The Lottery Department
GUINNESS COMPANY WORLDWIDE
Charter Place,
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1EZ
United Kingdom



AWARD NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £2,600,000.00 (Two Million, Six Hundred thousand Great British Pounds) for The GUINNESS company lottery International programs held on the 20th of March, 2006 in London, United kingdom.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(es) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
The GUINNESS COMPANY LOTTERY is approved by the BRITISH GAMING BOARD and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This promotional lottery is the tenth (10TH) of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.
To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims officer through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:

===========================================
GUINNESS Company Claims Redemption Center
Charter Place
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1EZ
United Kingdom

Contact Person: Mr. Peter Hall
Email: guinnessclaims_dept@boxbg.com
==========================================

Contact Mr. Peter Hall immediately by providing him with your secret pin code G6qtuv2006 and your reference number CCLO:4633890/1653. You are also advised to provide him with the under listed informations as soon as possible:

Claims Requirements:
1.Name in full--------------------------------------------------------------
2.Address-------------------------------------------------------------------
3.Nationality---------------------------------------------------------------
4.Age-----------------------------------------------------------------------
5.Sex-----------------------------------------------------------------------
6.Occupation----------------------------------------------------------------
7.Phone/Fax-----------------------------------------------------------------
8.Present Country-----------------------------------------------------------
9.Annual income----------------------------------------------------------

Pls contact your claims officer within a week after this notification otherwise your winnings would be revoked. Winners are advised to keep their winning details/informations from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim by Winner.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE STAFFS AND RELATIVES OF THE GUINNESS COMPANY WORLDWIDE ARE NOT TO PARTAKE IN THIS LOTTERY PROGRAMME

ACCEPT MY HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN!!!

REGARDS:
Mr. Harrison Mayfield
Lottery Supervisor
The GUINNESS COMPANY ENJOY GUINNESS
WORLDWIDE FOR STRENGTH AND EFFICIENCY

www.guinness.com
Copyright © 1994-2005
The UK GUINNESS COMPANY plc
International online lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines
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Accédez au courrier électronique de La Poste : www.laposte.net ;
3615 LAPOSTENET (0,34 €/mn) ; tél : 08 92 68 13 50 (0,34€/mn)

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