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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • drfred_agent_gl@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: london globallottery <londonglobal_lottery_2006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:24:55 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON. FINAL NOTICE.


GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC,
GILI HOUSE,Plot 24 Bachelors Lane,
Green shire, New Castle Nez 4PP-England


Date: 10/04/2006
Ref:05/8755412/2005
Batch no;987644329/654
WINNING NO: WFD 6540089 GILI.

It is our great pleasure to inform you of your prize release of this months lottery result from the GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INCORPORATE. These lotteries are fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.Your e mail address was attached to ticket number; 109865442 serial number 8751128673.

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 22-41-63-77-82 bonus number 34,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You are here by have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: GILI/MM 8755412/05 from the total cash prize of US$10,000,000.00 shared amongst ten lucky winners in this category.

All e mail addresses 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 conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your details e-mail address falls within our Africa Regional office in Nigeria, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from our London correspondent where we have our corporate head quarters. 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 fiduciary agent,
Dr. Fred Smith.
Email; drfred_agent_gl@yahoo.co.uk
Tel ; +44702476069


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 program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

DO CONTACT YOUR PAYING AGENT VIA DR FRED SMITH ON THE EMAIL; ANY BEACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed on or before the 20th of April, 2006; otherwise funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donate to charity Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

BEST REGARDS,

PROF. PETERS WELLS
THE PROMOTION MANAGER,
LONDON GLOBAL LOTTERY.

N.B.

All participants below the age of 18 are automatically disqualified


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