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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.
  • williamlegrochambers@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dubaiss_2006@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dubai06_ss@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sheikha Fatima Al Nabouda <dubai06_ss@gawab.com>
Reply-To: williamlegrochambers@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:01:43 +0400
Subject: Congratulations from Dubai Summer Surprises 2006.....You are a winner...


FROM:DUBAI 2006 SUMMER SURPRISES LOTTERY.
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
ATTENTION (REFERENCE NUMBER: SNL/4249859609/WP1
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040SB03-06.
THIRD CATEGORY WINNER.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Dubai 2006 Summer Surprises Lottery International
programs held on the 2nd
June, 2006 in Dubai. You were entered as an independent client
Reference SERIAL NUMBER:
652-662. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 2752246896 with
Batch number AT-040SB03-06.
Drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of TWO MILLION UAE DIRHAMS(DHS2,000,000),
equivalent to FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTY-FIVE THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US$545,000.00)
in cash credited to reference number: IPL/4249859609/WP1 made available
from a total cash prize of Twenty Million United Arab Emirates Dirhams, shared amongst
the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the
first ever for Dubai summer surprises since its inception. The estimated
Twenty million UAE Dirhams jackpot would be the biggest in Middle East of Asia.


Please note that your lucky winning number must fall within one of our booklet's
representative offices in the world as
indicated in our play coupon. TWO MILLION UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DIRHAMS (DHS 2,000,000) would
be released to you by one of our affiliated banks spread around the world
depending on your location.
Our fiduciary agent will immediately commence the facilitation of release
of funds to you as soon as you establish contact with him. All participants were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through a computer drawn system and extracted from over 100,000
companies/individuals. This promotion takes place
annually, for security this is part of precautionary measures 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 fiduciary agent with the below contact
below deatils. He will furnish you with the due process of claiming your winning prize.
Mr. William Legro Richard Junior
of William Legro Chambers.
Email: williamlegrochambers@yahoo.com
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with him, our designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program. Thank
you for being part of our
promotional lottery program.
Congratulations!!!

Sheikha Fatima Al Nabouda.
Zonal Coordinator
"DUBAI 2006 SUMMER SURPRISES LOTTERY PROGRAMS".
Email: dubaiss_2006@gawab.com or dubai06_ss@gawab.com
NB: Any breach of Confidentiality on the part of the winners will lead to
total disqualification.
You are hereby advised to reply to this mail by Phone or email for your
claims. All staffs of
DUBAI 2006 SUMMER SURPRISES, WILLIAM LEGRO CHAMBERS and
members of their family of all ages are BARRED from this Lottery.

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