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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims 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.
  • claimsunits@boxbg.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS" <elgs253@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimsunits@boxbg.com
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:17:42 +0000
Subject: NOTICE ALERT!!!

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR OF E-LOTTERY PROMOTIONS INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.

Commodore House
51 Conway Road
Colwyn Bay LL29 7AW
United Kingdom

E-Lottery. Bv
E-Lottery -wheel E-game 2006,

Date:April,22th,2006
Ref NO: ELG/200-26937

<<<PRIZE--AWARD>>>

This is to inform you that have been selected for a cash prize of £1,000,000.00 ( One million GreatBritishPounds) International programs held on the 21th of April 2006 in the London Uk.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This E-Lottery MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY WINNINGS PROGRAMS is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). The E-Lottery SWEEPSTAKE Lottery Funds UK was set up by Parliament in 1994 to give grants to a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national of the United Kingdom. We distribute a share of the money raised by the National Lottery for Good Causes.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact him with the following details for the release of your winnings Claims Requirements:

1.Name in full:
2.Home Address:
3.Age:
4.Occupation:
5.Phone Number:
6.Present Country:
7.Sex:

Dr . James Goldman
Email:claimsunits@boxbg.com

Tell:-009- 44-703-1943-209

 

Office Hours (10am to 5pm london time GMT)

contact him, please provide him with your batch number BATCH: 2005MJL-01 and your reference number REF NO: ELG/200-26937

If you do not contact your claims agent within 7 working days of this notification. Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire.Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT)pending the transfer/claim by Winner.

NOTE: ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IS AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.

Remember, all winning in this Third category must be claimed not later than 21st of April 2006. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent. Congratulations once more.

Faithfully,

Vess Perkins , Mrs.

Zone Co-ordinator.

Copyright © 2006 E-Lottery Promotions . All rights reserved

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