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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)
  • "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.
  • bigbiglottoolympicawareness@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?london=20olympic?= <bigbiglottoolympicawareness@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: john-baker@oink.co.uk
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 13:51:54 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: London 2012 Olympic Free Awareness Lotto Winner.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: bigbiglottoolympicawareness@yahoo.co.uk

OLYMPIC 2012 LOTTERY.

BATCH NUMBER: WD18/0105/05RN

OUR REF.: UK-NL/0717/05

YOUR REF.: UKNL/255457014/05

TICKET NUMBER: 02 10 30 36 37 43 29


BE NOTIFIED THAT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SELECTED ON THE COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL BALLOT SYSTEM DRAW ON THE 16TH OF MAY 2006, AS ONE OF THE WINNING EMAIL ADDRESSES ON THE INTERNET COMPUTER LOTTERY DRAW.


THE PROGRAM WAS HELD BY THE BIGBIG LOTTO THE LEADING LOTTERY ORGANISATION WORLDWIDE IN ASSOCIATION WITH UK LOTTO, OINK AND YAHOO MAIL IN HONOUR OF THE OLYMPIC GAME COMING UP IN LONDON 2012, OUR COMPUTER BALLOT QUALIFIED YOU AS ONE OF THE WINNER OF THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING (£150,000.00).


PLEASE NOTE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PLAY THIS LOTTERY TO WIN, THE LONDON OLYMPIC ORGANISATION IS USING THIS MEDIUM TO REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUAL OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM TO CREATE AWARENESS FOR THE OLYMPIC GAME COMING UP IN LONDON 2012.


BE FREE TO SPREAD THE GOODNEWS AFTER YOU HAVE COLLECTED YOUR PRIZE.


YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATION TO YOURSELVE TO AVIOD WRONG CLAIMS FROM LOTTERY SCAM ARTIST.


FOR YOUR URGENT CLAIM...

CONTACT MR JOHN BAKER

VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT

THE BIG BIG LOTTO ANNEX

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

EMAIL:john-baker@oink.co.uk


NOTE, ANYONE BELOW THE AGE OF 25 YEARS IS NOT QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAMME SINCE THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AID TO PEOPLE WITH FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES.


Please fill-out the Claim's Form - E provided herein and send it via email to the above named Agent. NOTE, your winning information has been provided above.

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APPLICATION FOR PRIZE CLAIM

FORM - E


[NAME WINNER]..........................................................................................


[RESIDENT ADDRESS].....................................................................


[COUNTRY/ REGION]........................................................................


[STATE].............................................................................................


[DATE OF BIRTH].........../.............../................ [SEX].........................


[OCCUPATION]...................................................................................


[CURRENT EMAIL].........................................................................


[TEL/FAX]..................................[MOBILE].....................................

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WINNING INFORMATION

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


[TICKET NUMBER].........................................................................


[YOUR REF NUMBER]....................................................................


[PRIZE WON]...................................................................................


[DATE]..................................


THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT TO YOU FROM THE DESK OF;

MR ANTHONY WHITE.

DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION.

THE BIGBIG LOTTO

212, BAKER STREET,

LONDON W1 4XG,

UNITED KINGDOM.

- london olympic

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