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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447024079293 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448700689686 (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.
  • loteryclaim_agent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "markdilon02" <markdilon02@terra.com.mx>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:18:19 -0600
Subject: 2006 SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY




2006 SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY


INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS ,
SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY,
HEADQUARTERS
THE UNITED KINGDOM.
REF: OYL/25041238013/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

Batch: 14/211/0374
Ref: BTL/311OXI/02

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,as a lucky Winners of the SWEETWIN PROMO LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM / INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS for this quarter of the year 20056.Your e-mail address is attached to ticket number: 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

As Category "B" winner You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand-America Dollars {US$5,500.000.00} in cash credited to file REF NO.OYL/25041238013/02. This is from total prize Money Of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen International winners in this category. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as contained in your file.

To file for your claim, please contact our Category "B" fiduciary agent Mrs Jane Hagner who is your claims agent by providing the necessary information below:

MRS. JANE HAGNER.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
Vertex Finance Company.
Email: loteryclaim_agent@yahoo.co.uk
Ph:+44-7024079293
Fax: + 44-8700689686

Full Name: ----------------------------------------------
Contact address:---------------------------------------
Country of origin: ------------------------------------
Sex: -------------------------------------------------------
Age: ------------------------------------------------------
Occupation: --------------------------------------------
Telephone and fax number: ------------------------
Email serial number: --------------------------------
Ticket number: ----------------------------------------

As a category "B" winner, all participants for the free online lotto version were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through the computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 names / companies from Africa, Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North
America and Asia as Part of International Promotions Program, which is Conducted Bi-Annually.
After the computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, only first seventeen- (17) lucky winners emerged in this category.

This lottery program was organized and sponsored by MSN, Microsoft Inc, Toshiba, Multi Choice and other corporate Organizations to improve the use of computer software's and for the benefit of every Microsoft user.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mr. John Facer
The Promotions Manager.

PHOTOGRAPH OF SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY, 2005




Il copyright 1994-2006 Il Sweetwin Lotto Promo Lottery Inc.


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