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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")
• 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.
  • infoclaimagent@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ucyMrs.Claudia Van Brook <infolotteries@netscape.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 00:59:53 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTICE CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON>>>>

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS


**WINNING NOTIFICATION**

This is to notify you of the release of the lottery winning, held on
the 1st of July
2006.
Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 5th of
July, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: 703218509 under agent ID: 10 and lucky ball number, which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category.

(11) (13) (26) lucky ball number (34) (44) (48)
(02)


You have therefore been qualified for a lump sum payout of 1,500,000.00
(One Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros) in cash drawn
in your favour, as the soul beneficiary and covered with the HIGHEST
LEVEL OF INSURANCE POLICY called the
IRREVOCABLE GURANTY BOUND. That makes the prize NON-DEDUCTABLE Due to
mix up of some names and winning
number, For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential from the public until your claim
is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted
taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial
personnel.

You are to be rest assured on how you are a winner, when you never
played any. Is because all participants were
selected through our Microsoft computer ballot draw system. And as far
as you use the Internet. Microsoft we help us
extracted over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual email
addresses and names from all over the world. To
process your claims you are hereby advice to contact your assigned
Fiduciary Claim agent with this information:

VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM
(Personal Information's):

FULL NAMES:.......................................................
ADDRESS:............................................................
NATIONALITY:.......................................................
SEX:.......................................................................
AGE:......................................................................
PHONE/MOBILE:................................................
FAX:....................................................................
OCCUPATION:......................................................
MARITAL STATUS.................................................
COMPANY NAME:.........................................
POSITION OCCUPIED: ....................................
WINNING TICKET NUMNBER:...................................


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

Accredited Fiduciary Claim Agent:
_____________________________________________________________________
Mr Paul Anderson.
Tel/Fax: (+31) 847-581-409
Email: infoclaimagent@netscape.net
_____________________________________________________________________


Warning: All winners are to claim their winning prize in not later than
2 weeks (14 days) of their winning notification.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent
as soon as possible.
The Free Award lottery company is proudly sponsored by an Oil company.
Located in Saudi Arabia and also the Free
Award, Internet draw is held twice in a year and it is organized,
because we want to encourage the use of Internet round
the globe, and we are proud to say that over 150 Million Euros is won
annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.


DECLARATION:I
(DR/MR/MRS/MS)..........................................................................................................
hereby declare that the above data are true of me. I shall adhere
strictly to instructions aimed at facilitating the processing
and transfer of my prize money to my designated account and in event of
any unforeseen circumstance my next of kin
has the full right to collect my price.

Signature...........................................................
...
Date..............................................

Thank you once more for your participating with us once more.

Your Sincerely,
Mrs. Claudia Van Brook,
Public Relations Officer.


OUR Executives:
Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations),
Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager
Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director
International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson
(Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr.
Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris

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