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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • lottocompanygreece@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: randomlottery_rep8@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:08:41 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION! & PLS CALL THE AGENT IN GREECE 09 306945598814


CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT,
Date: 025/08/06,
Ref: 474061725/04,
Batch: 7056490902/188,
Winning No: GB8701/LPRC
CONGRATULATIONS

ATTN SIR/ MADAM,



CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION!

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 3 Aug 2006,
from the Greece International Lottery program.

Your name "email address" was attached to ticket number;
47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002 09/06/2006
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-22-23-24-30 bonus number 5,
which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have
been approved lump sum pay of S$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THAUSAND DOLLARS)
in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 474061725/04 from the total cash prize of US16,
604000.00 shared amongest One Hundred and Sixty Six lucky winners, based on
their category. All participants "email address" were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia,
Greece, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of
our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery
was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as part of their
social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your "email address" falls within our Asia representative office in Greece,
Malaysia, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$500,000.00 will be released
to you from this regional branch office in Greece. We hope with part of your prize,
you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.



Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to
you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations
and satisfactory report.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our
licensed and accredited claims agent/security company
for SECOND category winners with the information below: You are also advised to give
the following information’s to the claim's agent via email

1. Full name and address:
2. Country:
3. Tel and fax number:
4. Occupation:
5. Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:

YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE CLAIMS AGENT BELOW VIA THE
EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW, Please do contact.

Mr. COLLINS WILLIAMS
LOTTO PROMO CLAIMS AGENT
Payment and Release Order Dept.
Foreign Services Manager, In Greece
TELL 09 306945598814
EMAIL lottocompanygreece@yahoo.co.uk
Atlantico Sistemas de InformÃÆ'¡tico

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top
left corner of this notification as well as your full names and address to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from
the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of
this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be
claimed with a specified date; otherwise YOUR PRIZE will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity. Congratulations once again on your winnings!



NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 30 days from today. After this date all
unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference
information in all correspondence with your claims agent.
You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your
reference and ticket numbers.
(This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).

Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
MR COLLINS WILLIAMS.
Lotto Games/Lottery Coordinator






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