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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.
  • mado_james112@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: james mado <mado_james112@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:28:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


ECOWAS NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO
GHANA HEAD OFFICE
PLOT.14 BANKU AVE,
NEW TOWN ACCRA CENTRAL,
GHANA.

(customers services)
Ref: NAS/941OYI/04
Batch:04/06/MA34
(NO TICKET WAS SOLD)
To file for your claims,please contact our fiduciary agent:BARR MADO JAMES,
Email:mado_james112@yahoo.com
Tel #: 233-24612-3022
Fax #:021-246123022
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the National
Lottery Promo International program, held on the 11th
JUNE 2006 in ADDISA BABA. Your email address was
attached to ticket number:77770064638 with serial
number:67345/04 drew the lucky numbers 12-8-9-11-12-5,
which subsequently won you the lottery in the first
category.
You have herefore been approved to claim a total sum
of 2,000,000.00 U.Sdollars (Two million, dollars) in cash
credited to file pl/233376899/04.This is from a total
cash prize of 60 Million dollars,shared among the first
thirty (30) lucky winners in this category. In view of
this, your money would be released to you by our Bank
firm in ECOWAS AFRICA .
Our AFRICAN agent BARR MADO JAMES (Reality Agency) will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of
your funds as soon as they are contacted.All
participants were selected randomly from Worldwide
Website through computer ballot system extracted from
over 100,000 companies and individuals.
This promotion takes place annually. For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information 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 claimming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements. Please bewarned.
To file your claims, please contact our agent:BARR JAMES MADO
Agent: The Reality Agency
Email:mado_james112@yahoo.com
Tel #: 233-246123022
Fax #:
To avoid unnecessary delay and complications, Please
quote your ref/batch numbers in any correspondences with us
or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from
all members and staffs of this program.
Yours sincerely,
Miss JOAN KWAME.
Public Relations Officer
National Lottery Promo
N.B:
1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from
today.
2.Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the
claims officer.
3.Do inform the claims officer of any change of names
or addresses.
4.All winners under the age of 18 are automatically
dis-qualified.



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