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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +447011128159 (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.
  • michealspring@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: QUEBEC ONLINE PROMOTIONS <edward@edwardpreston.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:58:10 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Claim Your Winnings!! Contact Your Claims Agent!!!


THE QUEBEC ONLINE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS


WINNERS ONLY:
QUEBEC ONLINE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
P O BOX 1010,
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL,
UNITED KINGDOM.
(Customer Services).
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch: 12/25/0034
OCTOBER:16th 2006.



THE QUEBEC ONLINE LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION.

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1082) of the QUEBEC ONLINE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS, online Sweepstakes International program held on friday 13th october , 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02- 07-11- 21- 33- 34 (Bonus no.08), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000 ( FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £1,260,056 shared amongst the (14) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place (ONCE IN EVERY YEAR). Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £90,004 (Ninety Thousand and four pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. 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 claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

To begin the claiming processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our only lincensed and accredited fudiciary claims/agent with the information below:-


Name: Mr. Micheal Spring

Tel: +44-701-112-8159

Email: michealspring@consultant.com

You are to foward as well the following information to him for proepr Verification and Identifiaction:

Full Name:___________________________________________
Tel Number:___________________________________________
Nationality:______________________________________________
Ref Number:_____________________________________________
Batch Number:____________________________________________
Ticket/Lucky Number:_______________________________________
Serial Number ______________________________________________



NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.

Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your claims agent.

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).

Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of QUEBEC ONLINE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.

Thank you and congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
Fank Blair.
QUEBEC ONLINE LOTTERY Promo Co-ordinator.







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