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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • abelphil@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jerry martins" <j_martinsgililondon13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jerrymartins_gililondon2006@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:17:29 +0100
Subject: Congratulations on your winnings


CASH-OUT LOTTO BV
CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102A
LONDON ZUID-OOST
UK, THE GILI
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
TELE;009-4470318635231

Date:19/10/2006
Ref: ILP/HW 47509/02
Batch:05/763638/IPD
Winning no: 11 13 26 34 44 48
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot
lottery draw of the London cash-out lotto bv international programme,which
took place on the 18th of october 2006.This is a computer generated lottery
of Internet users using email addresses for draws.
This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using
their e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web(www)sites. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number
8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of US$200,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S
DOLLARS) in cash credit file refill/HW 47509/02.
This is from the total cash prize of US$2,000,000 Million Dollars, shared
amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. All participant
were selected
Randomly through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred
thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia,Europe,
Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions
programmed which is conducted annually. This Lottery is being promoted and
sponsored by a conglomerate of Multinational companies as part of their
social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have
operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in Amsterdam,Hollandas indicated in your play coupon
and your prize of US$200,000.00 will be released to you from the regional
branch office in NIGERIA.
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw. Our agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact him.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact your claims Dr Philip Abel, email...{abelphil@yahoo.co.uk) by
filling this form below and send it to him
to file for your claim .
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.

FULLNAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
ADDRESS..................................................
SEX.........................
AGE..................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
EMAIL.................................................
DATE......................................................
SIGNATURE...........................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.


Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on
the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name,
address and telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security
reasons,
we advice all winners to keep this information confidential(VERY SECRET)
from the public until your claim is processed and your prize money
remitted/released to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programmed by some
unscrupulous elements, equally to guard against non
participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this
programmed.

Note that, all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME (ON OR BEFORE
31st OF Novaber);otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours in service,

Prof Jerry Martins
Executive GILI Co-coordinator(London Lottery Inc).
TELE;009-4470318635231

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE,MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
ABOVE.ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SEND DOWN YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

NOTE, FILL IN THE FORM ABOVE AND SEND IT TO YOUR CLIAMS AGENT AT
{abelphil@yahoo.co.uk).

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