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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:
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • winprize11111@yahoo.com.sg (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?rebecca=20maccarthy?= <winprize11111@yahoo.com.sg>
Reply-To: rcarthy20066@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 20:03:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Award notification/final notice


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: winprize11111@yahoo.com.sg

Customer Relations

24-25 Greenhill Road

Wayville SA 5034

Australia



FROM: THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT

REF NO: AGB/9800/0149701

CLAIM NO: 7601-102

ATTENTION:

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE


We are pleased to announce the results of the Australian Sweepstakes Lottery/ International Program held on the 20th of March, 2006. This program was organized by our marketing department designed to promote and encourage international participation in our beginning of the year high stake lotteries.

Your name attached to ticket number 525-11464992-750, serial number 67739252 drew the lucky numbers of 05, 11, 21, 22, 25, 32, 44, and 45 which consequently won in the 1st round draw. It is with great pleasure that I send you this letter, personally congratulating you of the lump sum payout in the amount of US $ 2.8 MILLION DOLLARS ( TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) credited to the aforementioned reference and claim numbers! Currently these funds are being held in a secured trust account by Global Equity Trust Funds insured in your name ready to be paid to you as soon as we are able to speak with you personally, and adhere to our security regulations and confidentiality. *

.

All participants in our lotteries, are selected from pools of names drawn extending several countries from around Europe, North America, Asia, New Zealand, Africa, the Caribbean and right here in Australia. For your information, the following protocol must be adhered to prior to the release of your funds:

§ Global Equity Securities Inc. has a contract with the International Sweepstakes to remit these funds in one lump sum payment without the possibility of advances. **

§ A payment clearance authorization has to be obtained from the International Lotteries Commission and the Ministry of Finance in the United Kingdom, necessary to govern the distribution and transfer of funds.

§ A certificate of ownership will be sent to you. You are hereby advised to keep the certificate in a safe place once you have received your winnings.

To begin your claim, please contact Ms. Sophia Wells or Mr. Patrick Duke, of Global Equity Securities Inc., the Vice-President and CEO respectfully as we do not deal directly with the public. They may be reached Monday thru Friday from 8 am to 5 pm, and Saturdays from 10am to 4pm PST (Pacific Standard Time), for enquiries regarding your claim and all other processing and remittance information please feel free to contact them at your earliest convenience. The deadline to respond to this notice is June 18, 2006, and non-compliance within this time period will result in the disqualification of your winnings and the funds will be remitted back to our office. You will no longer be able to state any claim to them after this date. Congratulations once again from all our members, staff and affiliates, thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely,


Ms. Rebecca McCarthy

Vice President, Australian Lottery

*All your personal information, not just sensitive information mentioned above, is protected. All our subscribers' personal information is restricted to our office. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job can access subscribers' information. Furthermore, all employees are kept up-to-date with security and privacy practices. They are regularly reminded of the importance of keeping subscribers' privacy and what they can do to preserve this information.

** Overseas Subscribers Agents are a lottery service agency independent of government. All entries are processed by authorized agents licensed by the government.
















- rebecca maccarthy

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