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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.
  • info_sweepstakes2006@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mrpaul_mark@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY <info_sweepstakes2006@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrpaul_mark@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 11:55:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: info_sweepstakes2006@yahoo.com



SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT.

P O Box 4539.

#24 Lyndhurst Road,

London NW3 5PQ,

United Kingdom.

Ref : UK/9420X2/68.

Batch: 074/06/ZY369.

(Customer Services)


DEAR WINNER:


OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the Draw Number:124 of the SWEEPSTAKES

ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT PROGRAMME held on wednesday 24th of

May, 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:56475600545188 with Serial number:5368/02 drew the Lucky Numbers:4-7-18-19-35-40 with(bonus no.25), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6 lucky numbers plus bonus no.25.

Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes accordingly in each category.They are arranged in this format below:


CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES

1st. 6 USD.$1,350,000:00 each

2nd. 20 USD.$850,000:00 each

3rd. 45 USD.$470,000:00 each

4th. 75 USD.$170,000:00 each



Your e-mail won you the prize in the 2nd category,

You have therefore been approved to claim the total sum of USD$850,000:00 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand, United States Dollars) in cash credited to file.This is from a total cash prize of USD$59 Million dollars,shared amongst the first one hundred and forty six (146) lucky winners in this categories.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place annually.


your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet repre-

sentative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In

view of this, your USD$850,000:00 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars)will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.


Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.


This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned !!!.


To file for your claim, Please contact your Validating Officer for VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-0ne days of this winning notification.Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-0ne days of winning notification are termed void and invalid. You are to provide him with your full names,Contact address, winning numbers,email address,telephone,country,age and fax numbers immediately to enable him validate your winning.


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Name : Mr Paul Mark

Email: mrpaul_mark@yahoo.co.uk

Foreign Services Validating Officer,

Sweepstakes Online Lottery Department,

P O Box 4539,

#24 Lyndhurst Road,

London NW3 5PQ,

United Kingdom.


********************************************************************


Congratulations from me and members of staff of SWEEPSTAKES

ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT.


Yours faithfully,

Rose Wood (Mrs)

Online coordinator,

For: SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT.

- SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY

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