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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:
  • "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.
  • maureenhensy22@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • maureenhensy1@hutchcity.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?PowerBall=20Organization=20UK.?=" <maureenhensy22@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: maureenhensy1@hutchcity.com
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:57:07 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: NOTIFICATION!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: maureenhensy22@yahoo.co.uk

From: Mrs. Maureen Hensy

POWER BALL ORGANIZATION

BRENTFORD MIDDLESEX TW8 1EX


File number: 880-063-12980

Batch number: 37/01/SPB550

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Super Lottery programs held on the 31st March 2006 in Brent Ford Middlesex (UK). Your e-mail address matched the ticket number: SP4556 0978645 with Serial number 5764987 drew the winning: 29/37/66/29/677, which subsequently won you the lottery in this category. You have therefore been approved to proceed with immediate claims for a total sum of GBP£1,434,114.26 (One Million Four Hundred and Thirty Four Thousand, One Hundred and Fourteen and Twenty Six United Kingdom Pence Only) in cash credited to file number SPLO/37700075341/05.

This is from total cash prize of US$40,000,000.00 (Fourty Million Dollars) shared amongst the Nineteen (19) lucky winners in this category worldwide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our AMERICAN/EURO/ASIAN booklet representative office in Brent Ford Middlesex (UK). In view of this, your prize winning amount UKP£1,434,114.26 (One Million Four Hundred and Thirty Four Thousand, One Hundred and Fourteen, Twenty Six United Kingdom Pounds Only)) would be released to you from our Debt Clearing Unit shortly. Our Debt Clearing Unit will immediately commence the processing to facilitate the release of your winning amount immediately you follow file for claims. Be informed that all participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web search site through our computer draw system and extracted from over 16,000,000 both companies and individuals.

This Promotion takes place Annually. For security reasons, keep your winning information strictly confidential till your claims is processed and your winning amount is remitted to you in whatever way you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid doubt winning and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed before 21 days of receiving this information and to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, kindly quote your reference/batch numbers while correspondence with our Debt Clearing Unit in the United Kingdom.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs as a winner in this promotional lottery Program.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this information for guidelines on how to contact our Debt Clearing Unit as soon as possible.


Sincerely,

Mrs. Mrs. Maureen Hensy.

WINNING NOTIFICATION DEPARTMENT,

POWER BALL ORGANIZATION

BRENTFORD MIDDLESEX TW8 1EX, UK.

Direct All Email to: maureenhensy1@hutchcity.com

Note: If this information is transmitted to your email address, then you are a successful winner. Any review, Retransmission, dissemination or other use of this Information, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information, by person or entities other than the Intended recipient is prohibited.










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