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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +448709742057 (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.
  • claimswinning206@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Glen Donovan <m206uk@m206uk.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:59:33 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: LOTTERY WINNING SUM ALERT




Moonlight Lottery Promos,
406 Bury New Rd.,
Whitefield, Manchester
M45 7SX U.K.

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce you as one of the 5 lucky winners in the MOONLIGHT LOTTERY PROMOTIONS draw held on 17th of SEPTEMBER 2006. All 5 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 40,000 international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 4 others as a 2nd category winner in this month's draw. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of pound ;300,000.00 Pounds (Three hundred thousand pounds) only.

The following particulars are attached to your lottery payment order.

(I) Winning numbers: 98 11 81537 10 83
(ii) Email ticket number: 901-0148-790-691
(iii) Lotto batch number: 13/ffp/ldl/037
(iv) File Ref. number: MELI-T/17-F044262312

please note that, you are to contact your claims officer immediately. Below are his contact addresses.

MR LARRY BISHOP AND ASSOCIATELTD U.K
Email:claimswinning206@yahoo.co.uk
Fax:+44 870 974 2057

20lausanne road London,
sw2 3jb England .U.K

You are to provide the assigned cliams agent with the under listed information as soon as possible for the processing and delivery of your cheque via courier service to your stipulated address, so do make sure your address is spelt out accurately.

1. NAME IN FULL:
2. ADDRESS:
3. NATIONALITY:
4. AGE:
5. OCCUPATION:
6. PHONE/FAX:
7.COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Mr Glen Donovann.

LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
UK. 406 Bury New Rd,Whitefield,
Manchester M45 7SX U.K. N.B:

1.All claims are nullified after 20 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. Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims
agent.
____________________________________________________________________
Copyright ©2005-2006 Moonlight UK Promotions . All rights reserved.

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