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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:
  • "claims 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024097083 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704791950 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • contactclaim_agent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "telfort promo" <makaio_spencer@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: contactclaim_agent1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 05:33:43 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

TELFORT PROMO
Central Office
Management and Central Services:
Benweng 51A
AT - 1078 Wien,Belgium.

FROM: PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT OF THE TELFORT PROMO, WINNING NOTICE FOR SILVER
STAKE WINNER
Ref. No.- RNL/06/652659966/UK

Attention:

The TELFORT promotion has just concluded its final draws of it's periodical
promotional program.

An exclusive list of email addresses of thousands of individual and
corporate bodies were picked by automated random computer search from the
internet.

No tickets were sold.

Your email address emerged as one of seven winners in the silver stakes
category as email addresses were soughted,from a total number of 25,000
addresses drawn from all over the globe.

After an automated computer ballot of The TELFORT Lottery Program, only
SEVEN winners emerged in this category and therefore each are to receive
payouts of €910,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND EURO) from the total
of €6,370,000.00 (SIX MILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND EURO).

However,every email address selected was accompanied by a reference and
ticket number,after the cyber promo selection,the below ticket and reference
numbers emereged as one of the lucky winners in the above category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Reference number for your prize is:Ref. No.- RNL/06/652659966/UK,
Ticket No.- RNL87866UK.

To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent
assigned to you:

Mr.Makaio Spencer
TELFORT promo Information and Payment Bureau:
London Representative Office.
Phone :+44-702--409-7083
Fax :+44-870-479-1950
E-mail:contactclaim_agent@yahoo.co.uk

Your claims agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your
prize funds into your designated bank account.

You will be required to submit all necessary information for processing and
remittance of your prize funds into your norminated bank account.

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks for
being part of our promotions program

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Tracy Moore
Promotions Manager.

_________________________________________________________________
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