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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • ayubconsultant@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lotto notification <notification_lotto20@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:48:32 +0100 (BST)
Subject: YOU HAVE WON!!!


RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION.

Attn:Winner,

This is to inform you of the release of THE POST LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS PRIZE DRAW, held on the 25th of August 2006, but owing to some mix up of numbers and addresses and the holidays, the results were
released on the 1st September, 2006.

Your name was attached to ticket number 085-12876077-09 with serial
number 51390-0 that drew the lucky numbers of 03-05-12-14-28-38, which
consequently won the lottery in the 5th category. You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay of £1,800,000.00. (ONE MILLION EIGHT
HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING ONLY), in cash credited to file with REF: º.EGS/3662367114/13. This is from a total cash prize of £70,020.225.00, shared among the (25) twenty-five international winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your fund is now deposited with our Security Company
and insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we
ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has
been processed, and the money remitted to your account, as this is part
of our security protocol, to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
taking of advantage of this program by participants, as has happened in
the past. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names, email addresses & official addresses, from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East and Africa, as part of our International Promotions Program.

We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent
programs.

To begin your lottery claims, please contact
Mr Brain Baker,
VICE PRESIDENT OF POST LOTTO INT
Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
E-MAIL= ayubconsultant@yahoo.ca

You are required to send the following to Mr. Ayub Rain to enable him
proceed for the processing of your winning prize.

1)Your Full name
2)Your Occupation
3)Your Date of Birth
4)Your personal email address
5)Amount Won
6,Phone/fax #
7,Country

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th October, 2006. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to the DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to (the PROMOTIONS COMPANY). Because they are the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery in your name.

Note also that this 10% will be remitted after you have received your
winnings prize, because the money is insured in your name already. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with us; or your Claim Agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of address, please do inform us.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members of our staff thank you
for being a part of our International Promotions program. We wish you
continued good fortunes.

Sincerely,
MRS, ANGELA MANNI
FOR THE POST LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL


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