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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
  • djames554@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peter ken" <peter_ken8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ken_morris99@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:12:28 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOTTO INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
LONDON.12 BRIDGE STREET,
STAINES MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP UK
REF NUMBER: LDL/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03
CONFERMATION OF RESULTS FOR ELECTRONIC EMAIL WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
electronic email users, selected in the lotto international promotions. We
are happy to inform you that you have emerged as a winner under the Second
Category which is part of our annual promotional draws. The results of the
draws have been officially announced, and you emerged as a winner.
Kindly do not have droughts over your participation in this lottery, as all
Participants were selected through an electronic computer ballot system for
all email users drawn from over 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and
companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East,
Oceania, North American, and South American.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number27522465896-532 with serial
number 652-662 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45, 10 consequently won in
the Second Category. You have therefore been approved to receive the sum of
700,000 Pounds (Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling), which is the
winning payout for Second Category winners.

This is from a total cash prize of 7,000,000.00 (Seven Million Pounds
Sterling) which is the total sum for the Ten (10) lucky winners in this
category. In your best interest, kindly keep your winning and batch numbers
confidential to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind. We advice
that you keep your winning information’s out of the general public in order
to avoid someone taking advantage of your winning information’s, until your
funds have been remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by Participants/no participants of this program. Please
contact our paying bank immediately for due processing and remittance of
your prize money.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and
Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with
Mr. Daniel James, The FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER
CASH CHANGE UK LTD.
REF NUMBER: LDL/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03
Also give them the following information’s
1) Full Name:
2) Telephone numbers and fax:
3) Age:
4) Address:
5) Occupation:
You are advised to contact Mr. Daniel James,
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER
CASH CHANGE UK LTD.
Phone: 4470318181729
Email: djames554@yahoo.co.uk
NOTE: All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today if
unclaimed. Congratulations once again from all our staff, and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Peter Ken
Payment co-coordinator

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