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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • edmundjam16@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "rita jones" <ritajones0281@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:22:23 +0100
Subject: released result

Euro millions lottery
Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914
Ref: 074/05/ZY369
Batch: UK/9420X2/68
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-005
Grand Draw No: 12099

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro millions lottery
International
programs, held on the 4th of July 2006 in Manchester UK.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 5647 5600 5465 5188 with Serial number
5368/05 drew the lucky numbers: 19-6-26-17-35-47,which subsequently won you
the
lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum
of (one million three hundred and fifty Thousand british pounds) in cash
credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
13.5 million GDP(THIRTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH
POUNDS).shared

amongstthe first Ten(10) lucky winners in this category. All participants
were selected randomly

from World Wide Website through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 companies

This promotion takes place annually. Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our west africa booklet representative office in
west
africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your €1,350,000.00
in
cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02, would be released to you by our
payment office in west africa.




Our west african agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For
security
reasons,you are advised to keep your winning in formation confidential till
your claim
is processed and your money sent to you.This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some
unscrupulous elements.Please be warned.

To file for your claim,please contact our (West Africa) fiduciary agent:
NAME: EDMUND JAM
Email: edmundjam16@yahoo.com

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full
names,your full address,
your private Telephone and fax number,your Reference/batch numbers etc in
any correspondences
with us or our designated agent.Please be informed that all winning must be
claimed on or before
15th,July 2006.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Yours Sincerely,

Mrs Rita Jones
Euro millions lottery online Co-ordinator.
Released Result

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