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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")
• 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.
  • greenwichunion@o2.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Karen Baker" <3rdcategory_winner@greenwichintlottery.org.uk>
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:05:55 -1100
Subject: Congratulations !!!

GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED WEB LOTTERY
REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT(Registration Z720633X).

GREENWICH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY UK
Wellington Street
Woolwich
London SE18 3PW
United Kingdom.
Ref: UK-EG/8869G1/988
Batch: EG67/298/06

02-09-2006


Dear Winner,


We are please to announce you as one of the 3 lucky winners in the
GREENWICH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY draw (#996) held 12pm 1st September 2006
in Greenwich London, Your e-mail address attached to email ticket number:
9085555579, with serial number 9241/08, drew the lucky numbers
(03)-(09)-(20)-(17)-(11)-(21) bonus (#09) Which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 1ST category winner in this month's draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out
of £800,000 Pounds ( Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) only.

This is from a total cash prize of £2, 400, 000, 00 shared amongst the
first three (3) lucky winners in this category. All 3 lucky winning
addresses were randomly selected from World Wide Web sites through
Computer ballot system extracted from over 100,000 international
emails,unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
Online. This promotion takes place semimonthly. In view of this, your
£800,000 Pounds (Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling) would be released
to you by our payment offices in London. Our fiduciary agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds
as soon as you contact him.

Contact the Greenwich International Lottery claims Manager Mr Mark Roderick
to
file for your claim. His agency will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you
contact him:

Contact : Mr. Mark Roderick
Greenwich International Lottery
Email: greenwichunion@o2.co.uk

Please note also that for Security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning
information's 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.

Goodluck from me and members of staff of GREENWICH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
UK.


Sincerely,

Karen Baker
Online Coordinator For Greenwich International Lottery



GREENWICH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY Awards is proudly sponsored
by financial Corp's the Greenwich council and a conglomeration of other
International IT companies GREENWICH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY internet draw
is held semimonthly, and is organized to encourage the use of the internet
and
Computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Pounds are
won
Annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

Copyright © 1994-2006 The Greenwich Int. Lottery Inc.

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