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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:

• 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.
  • +447024026522 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • claims_agts11@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: grandbonanza@aim.com
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:53:19 -0400
Subject: YOU HAVE WON !!!





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GRAND BONANZA INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
Otto Wulff, Inh.Andreas Wulff
Postfach 5227, 26042 Oldenburg, London
United Kingdom

PRIZE AWARD

This is to inform you of the results of the draws of our Grand Bonanza International Program(GBIP) held on the 2nd september 2006 in the United Kingdom.
We are pleased to notify you, on the emergence as a Winner in this Program and you have been awarded with a cash prize of £900,000.00(nine hundred thousand British Pounds)

The selection process was carried out through random computer balloting from an online database of World Wide Web sites of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.And your email address was selected among the five Lucky Winners in this Program.

This Program is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This Promotional Program is the 3rd in its series which we intend to hold it annually in comformity with our corporate policy and sense of civic responsibilities.

Your Draw Code Number is 10-12-13-17-31-37-44 and your Reference Number is NKL-NL/02CTG/3103/14UK

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our European booklet representative claims office as allocated to your Draw Code number.You are to make contact with the Claims Office with the information below:

Mr.Richard Maskery Patrick
Tel :+44-702 4026522
+44-703 1922206
email :claims_agts11@yahoo.co.uk

1. Full name and address.
2. Country.
3. Tel and fax number.


You are to contact the Claims Office immediatelty with your Draw Code and Reference Numbers. (IMPORTANT NOTICE) *Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from the public, to avoid fraudulent claims pending the final transfer/claim by Winner.
*All Staff of the NKL Group are not to partake in this Promotional Program.
Accept our hearty congratulations ! Regards
Mrs julie van hans
Head of Public Relations Dept.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.



LAST WINNERS ON GRAND BONANZA ONLINE GAME.



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