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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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.
  • +447040112205 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: mcgraw8701@aol.com
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:10:00 -0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE A WINNER!!


GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC,
GILI HOUSE,Plot 24 Bachelors Lane,
Green shire, New Castle Nez 4PP-England
(Prize Release Department)
Reference no. 05/8755412/2006 Batch no. : 987644329/654 Winning no. :WPD 6540089/ GILI Lucky nos. 19.22.30.35.44.48 bonus no. 03 WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1006) of the U.K GLOBAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Monday 7th August 2006. "Your e-mail address" attached to ticket number:"56475600545 188" with Serial number" 5368/02" drew the lucky numbers: " (Bonus no. which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 5. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of " $100,000. (One hundred thousand United States Dollars) " in cash credited to file "GILI /05/8755412/2006." This is from a total cash prize of " $1,000,000" 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 "10,000" unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place annually.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our U.K booklet representative office in London as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your claim of " $100,000, (One hundred thousand United States Dollars)" would be released to you by any of our "Regional Payment office" in our UK Region. "Our Regional Office Claim agent" will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your fund 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 fiduciary agent below :


Mr. Gred Keche
Email: lottowinnings001@aol.com Phone: + 44-704-011-2205 Forward him with the following information of yours: 1.Full Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Draw Number above:
Yours faithfully, Tim Macgraw
Chairman Gili London England GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
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