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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "foreign service manager" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27733935626 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • john_owen113@yahoo.com
  • john_owen113@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: carolyn laguit <olynl_2000@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 22:06:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Lottery Fraud


Gud afternoon Sir/Madam:

Please check the veracity of the letter below. thanks and more power.

From: Mrs. Teresa Allan.
Euro, Afro, American, Sweepstake
Lottery Headquarters: 1a, Bexon
Court Carlton Nottingham shire
Nottingham NG4 1SQ
Essex United Kingdom
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/03
Batch: 12/25/DC34
Dear Sir/Madam,
We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro- American
SweepstakeLottery International programs held on the monday 24th of
juliy
2006 in Essex United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:
B9564 75604545 188 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning:
2/07/22/33/38/44/, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of

US$820,000.00 (Eighty Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States
Dollars) in
cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash
prize of
US $1100,000,00 Million dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred
and
thirty (130) lucky winners in this category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro
booklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of
this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United
States
Dollars) would be released to you byAbsa BankSouthAfrica.OurAfrican
agent
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were selected
randomly
from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted
from
over 10,000,00 companies.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are
advised
to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem
fit to
claim your prize.

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
corresponding
agent in South Africa immediately you read this message for quick and
urgent
Release of your fund, contact information is as follow: -

(JOHN OWEN)

Dr.JOHN OWEN(Esq.)
Foreign Service Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agents
Freedom Park Building Unit 1440
Johannesburg (Gauteng) 2001
South Africa.
Direct Line: + 27 733-935-626
E-mail: john_owen113@yahoo.com
E-mail:john_owen113@hotmail.com

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 29th
august 2006. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our
designated agents or us. Congratulations once more from all members and
staffs of this program that has successfully won this competition.
Thank
you for being part of our promotional lottery Program.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Teresa Allan.
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.
Mr. Alexandra Davis
United Kingdom zonal Secretary General.
Thank you for your Co-operation

_________________________________________________________________
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