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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")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • christinywaters@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • christinywaters@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JAMES WATERS <christinywaters@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: christinywaters@myway.com
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 08:00:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


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





Programs and Events Department

The MerseyWorld Lottery - Frontline Group

The National Lottery,

P.O. Box 251,

Watford

WD1 8GD

WINNING NOTIFICATION:



We are officially informing you of the result of the Frontline Lottery Winners International programs held on the 4th of March 2006 as part of our promotional programs for the year 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 77007742781005-18721 with reference number EGS/2251256003/02 drew winning numbers 7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to batch number 121FTG, which consequently won in the 3rd category via our electronic ticket as stated above. You have therefore been approved for a pay out of 600,000 GBP (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY).


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We also advice that you keep your winning information very confidential as our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 500,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This promotional program being the first of its kind will now take place annually and we hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pound Sterlings International Lottery. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Africa booklet representative in Abuja Nigeria as indicated in your play coupon, In view of this, your 600,000 GBP (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY). cheque would be released to you by our fiduciary

agent in Abuja Nigeria. He will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your cheque as soon as you contact him. He has being authorized to conduct the neccessary verification to enable you receive total payment (You will receive more information upon your acknowledgment of this email).


FIDUCIARY AGENT

Mr. JAMES WATERS

Tel: + 234 8023 568 431

Email: christinywaters@myway.com


Garki Road,Plot 15

Abuja, Nigeria.


You are to provide the claims agent with the under listed information as soon as

possible:


1. NAME IN FULL:...............................

2. ADDRESS:.....................................

3. NATIONALITY:.................................

4. AGE:.........................................

5. SEX:.........................................

6. OCCUPATION (POSITION HELD):...................................

7. PHONE:........................................

8. FAX............................................


This promotional lottery is promoted and sponsored by software corporations and other private organizations and we intend to use this medium to help individuals generate fortunes which would encourage them to expand their business frontiers thereby creating more opportunities and assisting with humanitarian concerns within their immediate environment. All winning must be claimed not later than One Week of Acknowledgment. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as Unclaimed. After this date all winning funds will be included in our subsequent program. In order to avoid complications always quote your reference number in all correspondence.


NEWS UPDATE:

Lottery Diary http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Info/Diary.html,

Suscription leaflet: http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Info/Sub_Leaflet.html

links: http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Links/All.html

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform us as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staff.


N.B: Anybody under the age of 16 is not eligible to participate in this program.


Your's in service,

Mr. Richard K. Lloyd

(Programs & Events)



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- JAMES WATERS

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