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

Fraud email example:

From: "Xanga Web Lottery" <xanga_agency3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: xanga_agency@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:41:27 +0000
Subject: Congratulations!!! You Have Won Xanga Web Lottery

                     PROMOTIONS HEADQUATERS

                      Airport Hale Rd Halebarns
                    Altrincham Cheshire WA15 8XW UK.  

  

TO WINNER IN OUR PROGRAM

We wish to congratulate you over your success in our computer balloting sweepstake held on 31st JULY, 2006.
This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users, therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for the game.
However, your email address was attached to ticket number 5647560054 188 with serial number 5368/02 draw the lucky numbers 06-09-13-15-40-43-02, which eventually won the lottery in the first category of the draws. Therefore, you have won a lottery jackpot prize awards of £1,500.000 (One million five hundred thousand pounds Sterling Only) This is from total prize money of £80,000,000.00 distributed to winners from 1st to 3rd categories.

 

Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of philanthropist, industrialists from the internet hardware industry and some other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.

 

OUR SPONSORS

      

You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars
presented below filling correctly and citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter and send to Publisher clearing House officer info below

 

1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number (Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):
10 Cell Number: (Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):
11. Fax Number:
12. Draw Number above:Ref No: UK/9420X/68,Batch No: 074/05/ZY369
13. Annual income: 
14. Payment Method ( Online banking transfer):
15. Winning Email Address:

 

Customer Service Unit

Email:  xanga_agency@yahoo.co.uk

Processing Manager:  Mr william wilcox

 

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.

 

PROMOTIONS HEADQUATERS
Airport Hale Rd Halebarns
Altrincham Cheshire WA15 8XW UK.

 

CONGRATULATIONS !!!
At your disposal, we remain.Very Truly Yours,
WALTER ARKINSON(Mr.)
Director.International Promotions Unit,
UK Xanga Promotions LOTTERY

 

 

LAST WINNERS ON XANGA WEB BRITISH LOTTERY

 

 

Copyright © 1994-2006 The Xanga web & National Lottery Inc.All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

                            

                  77635 476378 255667460

 

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