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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • +27738743046 (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.
  • mr.williamsesq@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "canadian office" <ca_lorg@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:14:34 +0000
Subject: RE: CONGRATULATIONS '' YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION ''.

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT CANADA.
Date:August 02/2006,
Ref: MXE/061725/06,
Batch: TXC/6490902/188,
Winning No: Quot 3/4

CONGRATULATIONS

Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the August
02/2006,from the Canadian International Lottery program.
Your name "email address" was attached to ticket number: B/7056490902,
serial number: 889002/02/08/2006. This batch draws the lucky numbers as
follows 8 9 20 27 32 40 46 bonus number 41, which consequently won the
lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of US$ 920,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED
AND TWENNTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 474061720/05
from the total cash prize of US14, 000,000.00 shared amongst sixteen lucky
winners, based on their category.
All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn form Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our
international promotions program, which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as
part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where
they have operational base. We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international
draw.

Please do contact:
MR. WILLIAMS SOM (M.D). CLAIM AGENT
CANADIAN LOTTERY BOARD
Phone: + 27 73 874 3046.
Email: mr.williamsesq@yahoo.co.uk

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on
the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names and
address to help locate your file easily.
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.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed with a specified date; otherwise YOUR
PRIZE will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!

Best Regards

Susan Davies (coordinator)
Address: 1450 Don Mills Rd.,
Don Mills, Ont. M3B 2X7
Tel/fax: 1 831 303 7536
www.canada.com
Note: your canfirm your winning by clicking on the following information:
{http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=7}

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