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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (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 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.
  • drm_howell@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "GLOBAL LOTTO HEADQUATERS" <globallottoheadquaters@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 17:48:40 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON!!!

                         

 
                                   

Ref:04/ 8755412/2006
Batch no;987644329/654
WINNING NO: WFD 6540089 GILI

 

                                      WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#953) of the  GLOBAL  INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC IN CONJUNCTION WITH U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY  online Sweepstakes International program held on 4TH JULY.2006.

 

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number; 109865442  with serial number 8751128673  drew the lucky numbers: 50-18-22-24-32-33(bonus no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category ie match 5 plus bonus.

 

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $1000,000(ONE MILLION UNITED STATES  DOLLARS) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

 

This is from a total cash prize of £1,000,000 shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

 

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

 

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office in London, united kingdom, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $000,000 ( 0NE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS   ) will be released to you from this regional branch office in LONDON We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for £1.3 Billion international draw.

 

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial

agent, DR MARTIN  HOWELL  drm_howell@yahoo.co.uk

and send the following personal information to him

1. FULL NAME......................................

2. CONTACT ADDRESS................WHERE YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU

3. AGE.......................................

4. NATIONALITY..........................

5. OCCUPATION.........................

6. PHONE NUMBER...................

7. SEX.......................................

8. REF.NO................................

9. BATCH. NO..........................

He will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning price money as soon as you contact him.

 

NB:your winner prize will be transferred through our correspondence bank   soon as you contact your claim agent.all winnings MUST be claimed before 15th of July 2006. otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organisations.

 

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim

 

your prize. please you are advised to contact the agent with your winning numbers,this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
      Congratulations from all the members of staff of the GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.

 

 

Yours faithfully,

Congratulations once again.          
Yours in service,                                              

 

 

 

                                       

Congratulations once again.          
                                                                   DR PHIL  ZIGLAR

                                                                   Onlinecoordinator for UK/GLOBAL 
                                                                   NATIONAL LOTTERY,       
                                                                  Sweeptakes International

 

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