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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.
• 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.
  • irishautocenter_3@dublin.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Irish Auto Promotion BV <irishauto@irishpromotion1.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:23:34 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: AN OFFICIAL DESPACTH LETTER


FROM: IRISH-AUTOS PROMOTION BV
IRISH-LOTTO PROMO BV
Office of Prize Disbursement (OPD)
RE: PRIZE WINNER NOTICE - OFFICIAL DESPACTH LETTER


Dear Cash Winner,


This email confirms that you have received from the IRISH-AUTOS GROUP
BVyour official notification of your emergence among our 5 lucky
prizewinners in the IRISH-AUTOS LOTTERY PROMOTIONS conducted on 20th
September,2006 at DAP office complex, Dublin, Ireland. You have won a
promotional cash prize under group- 1; winners which comprises of 5 lucky
winners.


You are entitled as one of our promotional winner to receive a cash
prize of GBP 900,000 Great British Pounds = 1,697,000 USD (as official
prize payout) and a BRAND NEW 2005 FORD EXPLORER.


IRISH-AUTOS LOTTO PROMOTION is world promotional program organized by
the IRISH-AUTOS GROUP BV Dublin Ireland and its partner DUTCH-AUTOS
GROUP BV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This promotion is entry free, which NO TICKETS ARE PURCHASED. Winners are randomly selected systematically online by E-mail and Country code only. An Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) generates selections of winners.


Your email entered for draw No.137 and was luckily selected among 5
lucky winners. A total of 1 million email addresses were entered for this promotion. Our partner international email service providers/ marketing companies and public services providers submit all emails.


Please take your time to review this notification and note the
expiration date, which is 5th October 2006. To redeem your prize, simply fill the certificate of your prize claims below.
========================================================
CERTIFICATE OF PRIZE CLAIM [FILE REF 02- 543210]
========================================================
[FULL NAME OF WINNER]......................................
[FULL MAILING ADDRESS].......................................
[COUNTRY/ REGION]...........................................
[STATE/ PROVINCE]..........................................
[DATE OF BIRTH.....................[SEX]........[TEL]........
[MARITAL STATUS].................
[OCCUPATION]...................
[ANNUAL INCOME]...................
[CURRENT EMAIL]...................
[DRAW DATE].......................
[EXPIRATION DATE].................


Please indicate "X" for the option you want your prize remitted to you.
Listed are the options of receiving prize payment.


(1) BY COURIER DELIVERY OF YOUR PRIZE:
..............................[....]
(2) WIRE TRANSFER BY THE PAYMENT BANK TO YOUR HOME
ACCOUNT...........[.....]


You are required to submit filled form to the accredited
claimsprocessing Staff via email:


Mr.Klaas Andrew
Email:irishautocenter_3@dublin.com


PAYMENT APPROVAL PROCESS:
----------------------------------------------------
Submitted Form will be manually verified and processed by the assigned
Claims Processing Officer (CPS) The Processing of your form will be
completed as soon as possible and a notification will be issued to you on the status of your application once completely processed and verified by the Claims Processing Officer assigned to your winning.


Once again, congratulations on your prize winning and Ford Explorer.


Sincerely,
Mr. James Hendick,
Director, Award Disbursement Center.
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© 2005 Irish-Autos BV. All rights reserved. To receive this
promotion,you must: (1) submit email and mailing address information (2) select one of the option listed for receiving prize (3) check your email inbox for "Redemption Notification" (4) Follow Redemption
instructions.
============================================================

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