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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.
  • londontobaccoclaimsagent_001@yahoo.co.uk
  • londontobaccoclaimsagent_002@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Meggie Beans" <londontobacco_lotto@nc-17mail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:37:28 +0200
Subject: EMAIL SELECTED. CONGRATULATIONS!!!


FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
LONDON TOBACCO LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, UK
3b Houghton Way, St James Centre,
Leicester City, L30 1RD
REF NO: MELI-T/ 17-F044262312
BATCH: 901/00319/HLP


****AWARD WINNING APPROVAL: FINAL NOTICE. ****


We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
The LONDON TOBACCO JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS, PROGRAMS held on 24th
April,2006.


Your company or your personal e-mail address, is attached to
ticket number 9901-0148-790-691, with serial number 6109-17 drew the
lucky numbers 990-11-815-37-10-83, and consequently won the lottery in the
"A" category 2006


You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$2,500,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO: MELI-T/ 17-F044262312
This is from total prize money of US$75,000,000.00 shared among the
Thirty (30) international winners in this category.


All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from twenty five thousand names from Australia, New Zealand, America,
Europe, North America and Asia, as part of International Promotions
Program, which is conducted annually.


Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account 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 as 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. We hope with a part
of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes of
one hundred million dollars International Lottery.


You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate
The processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the
Release of your winnings.


1. Full names.
2. Phone number.
3. Fax number.
4. Occupation.
5. Sex.
6. Age.
7. Nationality.


It is expected that you would forward this information as soon as
possible to enable us attend to your winning file. Once we confirm your
information, your payments would be processed. After you have sent down
this information, a certificate will be prepared for you. This is to be
your proof of winning.


Be advised that your winnings would be paid to you in installments of
$250,000.00 {Two Hundred and fifty Thousand United States Dollars}.
This is done because of the amount won by you, this money would be paid
to you on monthly basis for the next 10 {Ten} months .You are advised
to keep your winning numbers secret to avoid unscrupulous elements from
taking advantage of the situation. Once again, congratulations.


To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims
department by email:
***********************************************************
Mr. John Williams
Fax : + (44)709 286 9330
E-mail: londontobaccoclaimsagent_001@yahoo.co.uk
londontobaccoclaimsagent_002@yahoo.co.uk
***********************************************************


NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondences with this office. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform us as soon as possible.


Congratulations again from all our staff for being part of our
promotions program.


Sincerely,
Mrs. Maggie Beans
For London Tobacco lotto;


N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result in disqualification and any winner below the age of 18years is
automatically disqualified
***********************************************************
THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH WARNS THAT SMOKERS ARE LIABLE
TO DIE YOUNG.






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