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

Fraud email example:

From: "lawrence fisher" <solomoncisse13@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:00:45 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAVE WON THE BRITISH WEB LOTTERY.

GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
BRITISH WEB LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).

Dear lucky winner,
BRITISH WEB LOTTERY
P.O.Box 1010
Liver pool, L701NL,
United Kingdom.
Ref: BWLW/67451/01
Batch: 01/14/31711-3 FROM: Solomon Cisse,
CONTROLLER

SUBJECT: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!!!:

We happily announce to you the Draw (#1038 ) of the BRITISH WEB
LOTTERY,online sweepstakes
international program held on Sun 02 JULY 06, Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers: 02 10 11 28 3647

(Bonus Ball 33),
which subsequently won you the lottery in in the 2nd category i.e match 5
plus bonus.You

have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £250,000.00{Two
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain pounds Sterlings}
In cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize
of £7,500,000.00{Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great Britainpounds
sterlings}

shared amongst the {10} lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus
bonus. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 union associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Britishbooklet
representative office in London as indicated in our play coupon. In view of
this, your £250,000.00 {Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain pounds
Sterlings} would be released to you by our affiliate Forwarding service in
London.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your funds as soon as you
contact him.

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. Please be
warned.

To File for your claim, please contact our claims agent below.
***************************************************************
Name : Mr.lawrence Fisher
E-mail: claimagent_mrlawrence_fisher@yahoo.co.uk
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order Department,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
***************************************************************


sincerely

Solomon Cisse,
CONTROLER
BRITISH WEB LOTTERY
P.O.Box 1010
Liver pool, L701NL,
United Kingdom.

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