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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)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • coordinator2006@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "david smith" <primefinance2008@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:21:36 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON (CONTACT: PRIME FINANCE BV)

CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON (CONTACT: PRIME FINANCE BV)
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
SUPERBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
www.superbal.nl

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWS

Dear Sir/Madam,

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Second
Category draws of THE SUPERBAL/MICRO PROMOTIONS INTERNATIONAL. We are happy
to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the Second Category,
which is part of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially
announced today 1st of August, 2006. Participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals
and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Oceanic
as part of our International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 46939, with file number
HTL/224-WB/4469 drew the lucky numbers 0-5-16-20-26-42 and consequently won
in the Second Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out
of 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Euros only), which is the winning
payout for Category "B" winners. This is from a total cash prize of
10,000,000.00 Million Euros shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners
in this category

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
The prize has been deposited with our paying bank pending remittance. You
can now begin the process of claim. As part of our security protocol to
avoid abuse of this program by participants/nonparticipants alike, you are
advised to keep your winning information discrete until your prize is
released to you. Please contact your claims agent immediately for due
processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of
your choice: Please, contact your claim officer via the email address or
telephone number provided below.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and
Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with
your claims agent.

REF Number: HTL/224-WB/4469
BATCH No: : NL 442-786/06

To file for your claim, please contact the fiduciary agent.
***********************************************
Mr.David Smith
AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS.
TEL:0031 613 261 039.
FAX:0031-847-243-436.
Reply Email: coordinator2006@gawab.com
***********************************************
Congratulations once again and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Berlinda Van Hagem
(Promotions Coordinator)

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