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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • unilottowinnings@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • universalclaims@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • universallotterypayment@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Universal Lottery Winnings <unilottowinnings@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: universalclaims@netscape.net
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 06:57:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Final Winning Notification


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: unilottowinnings@yahoo.com

And universalclaims@netscape.net

UNIVERSAL LOTTERY INC,


I CANARY WARFSTREET,


CANADA SQUARE,


LONDON.E140 UK




Date:


31/03/2005


Ref: 564062826


Batch: 8067492802/188


Winning no: UC6411/LPRC


CONGRATULATIONS


Dear Sir/Madam,


We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 28th of


March


2006 from the Universal Lottery


programme. Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners


using their e-mail


addresses.Your name was attached to ticket number; 564062826


8067492802


serial number 89413237112 This


batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 4-13-55-48-34bonus number


17,which consequently won


the lottery in the second category. You here by have been approved a


lump


sum pay of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE


MILLIONDOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total


cash prize of


US$8,000,000.00 shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.


All


participant were selected


through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand


E-mail addresses from Canada,


Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania


as


part of our international


promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was


promoted


and sponsored by a conglomorate


of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility


to


the citizens in the commmunities


where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail


address) falls within our European


representative office in London, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$1,000,000.00


will be released to you from this regional branch office in London. We hope with part of your prize,


you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw. HOW TO CLAIM


YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our office


through,universallotterypayment@yahoo.com to


file for your claim . Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the


top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help


locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to


keep this information


confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your


prize


released to you.


This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and


unwarranted taking advantage of


this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all


winnings MUST be claimed by


10th of April 2006; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed


and


eventually donated to


charity .


Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!


Best Regards Genevivi Smitch (co-ordinator)


PLEASE DO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT US FOR YOUR CLAIMS ANY BREACH OF


RULES ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.


sincerely


SEAN JACKSON ESQ.(ATTORNEY)


ONYEAGBA ANTHONY (FINANCIAL DIRECTOR)


GENEVIVI SMITCH.(FIDUCIAL AGENT)



- Universal Lottery Winnings

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