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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")
• 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.
  • +447024063060 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447024063066 (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.
  • internationallogistics2006@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "anthony wood" <ewsonl@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:36:31 +0000
Subject: PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT


FROM
ANTHONY WOOD,
THE ADMINISTRATOR,
E.G. WIGMORE & SONS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
E.G. WIGMORE & SONS INTERNATIONAL LOTTTERY,
Dear winner,
Second category draw:
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice,the results of the second
category draws of E.G.
WIGMORE & SONS INTERNATIONAL LOTTTERY. We are happy to inform you that you
have emerged winners Under the second category draw,this is part of our
promotional draws.The draws were held on 1ST SEPTEMBER 2006 and results are
being officially announced today.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
30,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia, Australia,Europe , Middle East, and Oceania as part of our
international promotion program.

You / your Company, attached to ticket number 77-7-767,With serial number
57-27 drew the winning numbers 10,7, 25, 30,37, 57,(67) and consequently won
in the second Category
draws.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum payout of £500,000:00 GBP (five
hundred thousand Pounds),which is the winning payout for second category
winners .This is from the total prize money of £3,000,000:00 shared between
six (6) winners in the Category B.

Congratulations!!!

Your fund has been deposited with our International funds transfer agent
INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS COMPANY LTD ,and has been insured . Winners are
adviced not to allow any form of
deductions from their winnings as the funds has being insured to make sure
they receive
the whole amount in their account.In your best interest and also to avoid
mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire
details of your award strictly from public notice until the Process of
transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your
account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims or unscrupulous
acts by participants/ non-participants of this program.

We also wish to bring to your notice our end of-year 2006 premium stakes
draw where you stand a chance , winning up to £ 1m .This is from a total
sum of £10m that will be shared amongst 10 winners worldwide, we hope that
with a part of your prize you will participate.

You are to contact your International funds transfer agent immediately for
due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated bank
account of your choice;

INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS COMPANY LTD
Registered No. 04169750
LIFE HILL FARM, SLEDMERE,
DRIFFIELD, EAST YORKSHIRE,YO25 3EY.
CONTACT PERSON:
CARL MELSON
Tel: +44-702-406-3060
FAX: +44-707-516-7772
email:internationallogistics2006@yahoo.com

You are advised to contact your International funds transfer agent by email
or fax within a week of
receiving this notice.failure to do so may warrant your winnings being
returned back as unclaimed prize.

Note:
For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY CODE NUMBER.Remember to Quote these numbers in every
one of your correspondence with
your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: EGWSIL/UK/07/QE/786,
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY CODE NUMBER: EGWSIL/0024-1

Congratulations once again from all our staff and Thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Yours' Sincerely,
ANTHONY WOOD,
THE ADMINISTRATOR,
E.G. WIGMORE & SONS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
E.G. WIGMORE & SONS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
TEL: + 44-702-406-3066
FAX: + 44-707-570-7723

Note:
Deductions are NOT allowed .Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
Winners will result to disqualification. Please do not Reply to this
mail.Contact your claims agent immediately.
(Terms and condition applies).

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