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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.
• 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.
  • brianadams_247@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Golden Water Lottery Inc" <goldenwaterlottoinc@terra.com.mx>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:08:25 -0600
Subject: Congratulations! you've won this


Golden Water Lottery Inc
Under International and Swiss Lotto
86 Canon Street EC4N 6EP
London, UK

REF NUMBER: 88/06526/06
BATCH NUMBER: GWL-055/06/8745


Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
Lottery Winners International programs held on the
12th of June. 2006 All Games Promotion. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number GWL087452369-6433
with serial number 251478-639 drew lucky numbers
20-6-10-22-36, which consequently won in the 1st
category, you have therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay out of US$950,000.00 (Nine hundred and
fifty thousand US dollars only)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you
keep your winning information confidential until your
claims have been processed and your money remitted to
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program
by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and
30,000,000 individual email addresses and names
from all over the world. This promotional program
takes place every year.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by eminent
personalities like the Sultan of Brunei. We look
forward to your active participation in our
year 2006 £50 million slot. To process your claim, please
fill the form below and forward to our clearance Officer
via the email address below:

Mr. Brian Adams
Email: brianadams_247@yahoo.co.uk


Your fund can be released from either of the following
options and you are required to choose the mode in which
you want your claim released to you.

1. International Bank Draft
2. Cash Delivery

Note that, all winnings must be claimed not later than
one month starting from today, failure to respond to
this mail before one month from today, all
unclaimed funds will be rendered null and void.
Please note that in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, remember to quote your reference number
and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE
BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.
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Fill the form below and forward to the clearance officer


FORM

Golden Water Lottery Inc
Under International and Swiss Lotto
86 Canon Street EC4N 6EP
London, UK

LOTTERY PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM
(To be completed by lottery winners only)

Ticket Number: ………........…………………………………………………………
Reference Number: ……..……………………………………………………………
Batch Number: ………………………......……………………………………………
First Name: …………………………………......………………………………………
Last Name: ………………………………………......…………………………………
Home Address: ……………………….....……………………………………………
Town/City: …………………………………….............……………………………
Post Code: …………………………………….............……………………………
Country: …………………………………………..................……………………
Telephone (Home): …………………………………………………………………
Mobile: ………………………………………..................…………………………
Fax (Private): ……………………………………..............……………………
Fax (Office): …………………………………….........……………………………
Email Address: ………………………….......……………………………………
Date of Birth: …………………………………………...……………………………
Occupation: …………………………………………………....………………………
Marital Status: ………………………………………………...………………………

I.............................hereby declare that the
above information are true and binding on me. If at
any time it is discovered that I have given
false information, I will forfeit my rights to my
winnings.

Name:.................................
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Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Elizabeth Ecken
(Lottery Coordinator)

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

DON NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL, CONTACT THE CLEARANCE OFFICER IMMEDIATELY.

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