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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • ray_jack@inmail24.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: GRAND UNIVERSAL LOTTERY!!! <ray_jack@post.cz> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:02:22 +0200
Subject: YOU HAVE WON!!!


GRAND UNIVERSAL PROMO 10 NORTHUMBERLAN AVENUE,
LONDON WC2N 5BX, THE UNITED KINGDOM.


FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,23nd of JUNE
2006, of winners of the GRAND UNIVERSAL PROMO held on 20TH of DECEMBER
2005.Your email address was attached to ticket number
13-2316-5086-477;with serial number A025-09 drew the lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-87,
and consequently won in category A. You have therefore been approved for
a lump sum pay out of $550,000.00 in cash credited to file REF
NO.GUPL/67-AO91652005.This is from total prize money of US$6,000.000.00 shared
among the three international winners in the category A. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 100,000
companies/individuals from Middle East, Australia, New Zealand,
America, Asia,Europe and North America as part of our International Promotions
Program,which is conducted annually. Due to the mix up of some numbers
and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice
until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your
account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is
open to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email
address and who live in any of the aforementioned countries. This promotion
is void in all other countries and is also void where prohibited.
Principals and employees of the Universal Promotion Draw and its
respective Parents, subsidiaries and their immediate families are not
eligible.
CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the
processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for
overseas winners.
To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of
urgency,to contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims agent for
the processing of your prize awards winning.
Please contact your claim agent (through your claims agent only) the
body assigned with the verification of all emergent winner. Therefore all
protocols laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your
claims;We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes US$15Million international lotto.
TO FILE YOUR CLAIM RESPOND BACK TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT WITH THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION BELOW,

CLAIM AGENT:
MR. RAY JACKSON.
Email: ray_jack@inmail24.com
TEL:
Fax: 44-870-478-0609
20 Lausanne Road London,
SW2 3JB ENGLAND.U.K

1. NAME IN FULL:................................
2. ADDRESS:.....................................
3. NATIONALITY:.................................
4. AGE:.........................................
5. OCCUPATION:..................................
6. PHONE/FAX:...................................
7.COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE.........
8. HOW DO YOU FEEL AS A WINNER...................

He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and
remittance of your prize money.Remember, you must contact him using his
mailing address not later than two weeks after this date or funds will
be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference number in every one of your
correspondences.
Ticket number 13-2316-5086-477
Serial number A025-09
Lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-87
File REF NO. GUPL/67-AO91652005
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,

Richard K. Lloyds.
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
GRAND UNIVERSAL PROMO
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DISCLAIMER:
DO NOT REPLY BACK TO THIS MAIL, CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT, IF YOU DO, IT
WILL AUTOMATICALLY RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION TO YOUR WINNINGS.ANY
BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON YOUR PART WILL ALSO DISQUALIFY YOU AS WELL.
The Universal Promotion LOTTERY Awards is proudly sponsored by the
Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group,Toshiba, Dell computers, Mackintosh
and a conglomeration of other international IT companies.
The Universal Promotion LOTTERY internet draws in each quarter of the
year and is soorganized to encourage the use of the internet and
computers worldwide.
We are proud to say that up to One hundred Million Dollars are won
annually in more than 150 Countries worldwide.



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