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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:
  • "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.
  • marmaclean_500@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "water john" <waterjohn1_5@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:39:22 +0100
Subject: GOOGLE EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

GOOGLE EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD .
PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE GLOBE
(WE ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION)
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
GOOGLE B.V. Boeing Avenue 44 9459 PE.
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
First Category draws of GOOGLE LOTTERY INT. We are happy to inform you that
you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is a yearly
promotional draw. The draws were held on 1st June, 2006 and results are
being officially announced today 12Aut 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,
Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 50941465206-529, with serial
number 5772-54 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and consequently won
in the First Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of
1,000,000 euros(One million euros), which is the winning payout for Category
A winners.
This is from the total prize money from 2,000,000 euros shared among the 2
winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest to
avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the
entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process
of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to
your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/non participants of this program.
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
To file for your claim,please contact the fiduciary agent.
***********************************************
Mrs. DIALA ABI ZEID.
DIALA ABI ZEID Agency.
Tel: 0030-694-812-4715.
Email: marmaclean_500@yahoo.com

OLYMPIA 45,
11688 Athens,
GREECE.
***********************************************
You are advised to contact the agents by email.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and
Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your
correspondence with your claims agent.REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/04
BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely Yours,
MR paul zee
Program Cordinator

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