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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "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.
  • fortunecity_lottery06@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • agentjoshua_06@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?FORTUNE=20CITY=20LOTTERY?= <fortunecity_lottery06@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: agentjoshua_06@sify.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 05:08:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: fortunecity_lottery06@yahoo.com.au

FORTUNE CITY LOTTERY.

Stadhouderskade 12 Amsterdam,1054 ES

Netherlands

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER

INTERNATIONAL

PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF: FCL/04/721229143/NL

ATTN:

AWARD WINNER.

AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased

to inform you of the announcement today,APRILE 4th,

2006,of winners

of the FORTUNE CITY LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

held on March

30th, 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number

FCL101/13/75,

Fortune City Lottery code number:FCL101NL drew the lucky

numbers 72-

12-29-53-24-33, and consequently won in 2nd category .Note that No

tickets were sold, all participants in this lottery program have been

selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over

25,000 addresses individuals and companies from all search engines

and

web sites. This promotional program takes place every year, and

is

promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of

Brunei,Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc and other Corporate Organisations.

This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of 500,000.00

EURO(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) in cash credited to file

REF NO.

REF:

FCL/04/721229143/NL This is from total prize money 5,000,000.00

EUROS

(FIVE MILLION EUROS)shared among the ten international winners in

the

2nd category.CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with a

Finance/Consulting House and 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.To begin your claim,please contact your claims officer/Agent

immediately of Greenwood consultants ltd.


Joshua Williams

CHIEF

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

GREENWOOD CONSULTANTS LTD

EMAIL:agentjoshua_06@sify.com.



For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a

designated account of your choice. Remember,you must contact your

claims officer not later than one week from the receipt of this mail.

After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.All

correspondences to Sandy Burky by email should have this email sent

along with it and also, your email address to which this email is sent,

should be clearly and boldly written in your response.

NOTE:In order

to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to

quote

your reference number in every one of your correspondences

with

your

officer.Furthermore,should there be any change of your

address,

do

inform your claims officer as soon as possible.

Congratulations again

from all our staff and thank you for being part

of our

promotions

program.

Sincerely,

Owen Scott.

Promotions

Manager






- FORTUNE CITY LOTTERY

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