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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:
  • "claim 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 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.
  • allianzafair@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DIRECTOR CO-ORPORATION <ALLTIPPLOTTOJACKPOT@web.de>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:53:35 +0200
Subject: RE-AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION




*/ALLTIPP LOTTO JACPOT <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>/*

*/BERLIN-GERMAM<o:p></o:p>/*

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* **/OCT/ 2006<o:p></o:p>/*

*BATCH No: WTWU/2020/INSD**
Attn, <o:p></o:p>*

* <o:p></o:p>*

* RE*-*AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION *<o:p></o:p>

* <o:p></o:p>*

<o:p></o:p>

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the <o:p></o:p>

ALLTIPP LOTTO JACKPOT.E-mail draws on Tuesday 7th of July 2005. Due to the mixture of names and address the result was released on this month Oct 2006. All 10 winning E-mail addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international E-mail addresses. Your E-mail address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual draw, consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of *€950,000:00 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro Only).*The following Particulars are attached to your lotto payment order: <o:p></o:p>

*(I) Batch No: WTWU/2020/INSD (11) Ref No: MGMT/1880/6700/EUES<o:p></o:p>*

*(111) Lucky No: 04-12-22-34-22 (IV) Ticket No: 364-441-068<o:p></o:p>*

We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide. All Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Ten thousand E-mail from (EUROPE, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, MIDDLE-EAST, NEW ZEALAND, NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA) Countries as part of our promotional program conducted. We hope your Lucky name will draw bigger in the next year promotional program.<o:p></o:p>

We implore you to contact your agent to begin your claim.*<o:p></o:p>*

*FRAU (MRS).STEFFANI MORON OR HERR (MR) FINKS SMITH *(Agent Consultant)<o:p></o:p>

*ALLIANZ INSURANCE** *<v:shape id=_x0000_s1026 title='"The Allianz logo"' style="MARGIN-TOP: 9pt; Z-INDEX: 1; LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt; WIDTH: 173.25pt; POSITION: absolute; HEIGHT: 50.25pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-vertical-relative: text" type="#_x0000_t75" o:button="t" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Allianz-Asobal.gif" alt="The Allianz logo"><v:imagedata src="file:///C:/DOKUME~1/TROPIC~1/LOKALE~1/Temp/msoclip1/04/clip_image003.gif" o:href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Allianz-Asobal.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape>*<o:p></o:p>*

*MUNICH-GERMANY.<o:p></o:p>*

*Email:allianzafair@yahoo.de **<o:p></o:p>*

*For processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not more than ** 30 days **from the day you were notified**. Winner that fail to meet up dateline will fortified his or her chance winning claim<o:p></o:p>*

*Note: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications. Please endeavour to quote your Batch numbers and Serial numbers to your Agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform your claim agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from staffs and management for being a part of our promotional program.<o:p></o:p>*

Yours sincerely, *<o:p></o:p>*JANINA K.JENNES :OCT/2006



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