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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")
• 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.
  • prizeclaimcentre_glolottery@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "alex kelvin" <global_lotteryinco01@msn.com>
Reply-To: claimprizecentre_glolottery@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 08:12:34 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Date: 25/5/2006
Ref:05/ 8755412/2005
Batch no; 987644329/654
WINNING NO: WFD 6540089 GILI

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

It is our great pleasure to inform you of our New Year
prize release on the 25th may 2006 from The GLOBAL
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INCORPORATED. These Lotteries
are fully based on an electronic selection of winners
using their e-mail addresses. Your e-mail address was
Attached to ticket number; 109865442,serial number
8751128673.This batch draws the lucky numbers as
Follows 22-41-63-77-82 bonus number 34, which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You are have been here by approved a lump sum pay of
US$100,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash
Credit file ref: GILI/MM 8755412/05 from the total
cash prize of US$1,000,000.00 shared amongst ten lucky
winners in this category.

All e-mail addresses were selected through a
computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred
thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia,
United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Oceania as part of our international promotions
Program that is conducted annually. This Lottery was
promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies in the United Kingdom as part
of their social responsibility to the citizens in the
communities where they have operational base. Further
more your details (e-mail address) falls within our
African Regional office in Nigeria, as indicated in
your play coupon and your prize of US$100,000.00 will
be released to you from our African correspondent
where we have our corporate head quarters. We hope
with part of your prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

Simply contact our fiduciary agent, MR. ALEX MORGAN
through prizeclaimcentre_glolottery@yahoo.com to file for
your claim. Please quote your reference, batch and
winning number which can be found on the top left
corner of this notification as well as your full name,
address and telephone number to help locate your file
easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to
keep this information confidential from the public
until your claim is processed and your prize released
to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of
this program by non-participant or unofficial
personnel.

Note: All winnings MUST be claimed by the 7th of
june 2006; otherwise all funds will be returned as
Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards
Benny Reagan (co-coordinator)
www.national-lottery.co.uk

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR AGENT
MR. ALEX MORGAN AT: prizeclaimcentre_glolottery@yahoo.com
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION

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