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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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 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.
  • frank_cole7ae@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Salius," <salius773@myway.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 19:42:14 +0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

DATE;19/05/2006
REF;475061725
BATCH;7056889702/02
WINNING;GJ4801/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS

DEAR SIR/MADAM
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 19/05/2006 from the UNIVERSAL LOTTO
INTERNATIOANL[ULI]which is fully based on an electronic seletions of winnwers using their e-mail
address Your name was attach to ticket number 475061725/6889702 serial number 7741137002 this batch
draw the luky number as follows 5,13,33,34,43, bonus number 17 which consequently won the lottey in the
second category, You hereby have ben approbed the lump sum pay of us@1,000,000,00[one million dollars] in
cash credit file ref ILP/HW47506/02 FROM THE TOTAL CASH PRIZE OF US$8,000,000,00 shared among eight luky
winners in the category All participant were seleted through a computer
balloting draw from the Nine hundred thousand e-mail address from CANADA,AUSTRALIA,UNITED STATE, ASIA
,EUROPE,MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEANIA as part of our international promotion programwhich is conducted
annualy This Lottery was promoted ans sponsored by conglomorateof some multinational companies as part of
their social responsibility to the citizen in the communities where they have operational base
Futher more you details [e-mail address] falis within our europe representative office in AMSTERDAM,HOLLAND
as indicated in your play coupon na d your prize of US$1,000,000,00 will be released to you from this
regional branch office in AMSTERDAM We hope with part of your prize you will participate
in our end of year high stakes for US$I.8 BILLION INTERNATIONAL DRAW

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
-----------------------------
Simply contact our fiducial agent, Dr FRANK COLE at frank_cole7ae@yahoo.com For your claim please quote
your reference, batch,and winning number which can be found on the top left conner of this notification as
well as your full name and address and phone number to help locate your file easily.
For security reason we advice all winner to keep this information confidentail from the public until your
calim is processed and your prize is released to you .This is part of our security protocol to aviod double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this progrmme by non-participant or unofficial personel
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before 19/05/2006 otherwise all funds will be returned as uncalimed and
eventully donated to charity.CONGRATULATION ONCE AGAIN ON YOUR WINNINGS

BEST REGARDS

CAROL SMITH9[CO-ORDINATOR]
PLEASE DONT REPLY TO THIS MAIL CONTACT OUR CLAIMS
AGENT frank_cole7ae@yahoo.com

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