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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.
  • rita_gomez@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ritagomezz@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:52:17 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOU=20ARE=20AMONG=20THE=20LUKCY=20WINNERS?=

MACAU CASINO JUMBO DRAW
FOREIGN SERVICES MANAGER,
ASIA PACIFIC MANILA PHILIPINE
Customer Service
Ref: MC/7146x4/99
Batch: 042/02/xa192

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1035) of the MACAU CASINO PROMOTION
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on today in MACAU.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 45375600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers(14,33,36,39,42,46)and bonus ball(13),which Subsequently won you
the match 5 bonus prize in the
2nd category match 5 plus bonus .

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$500,000,00 in
cash (five Hundred Thousand, united state
dollars) in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/07.This
is from a total cash prize of US$2,650,000.00 shared among
the international winners in the Second category.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000
email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world
as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our philipine booklet
representative office in ASIA as indicated .In view of this, your US$500,000.00
( five Hundred Thousand, united state dollars) would be released to you
by any of our payment offices in ASIA as soon as possible.

Our CHINA agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your winning funds as soon as you fill the claims verification
form below and send to him.

FOREIGN SERVICES MANAGER,
MANILA SWEEPSTAKE PROMOTION
PLAZA DE MAR ZHENG MANILA
rita_gomez@latinmail.com


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 by some unscrupulous elements.
Be warned to file for your claim immediately.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch
numbers in any correspondences with our designated agent or us.Congratulations
once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for being
part of our promotional lottery
program.

Your Sincerely,
MRs.RITA GOMEZ
VICE PRESIDENT INT.PROMOTIONS
CASINO PROMOTION AGENT
MANILA AGENT
TEL:63 9063487364

CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................

CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................

EMAIL ADDRESS:....................................

CITY/STATE:.......................................

COUNTRY:..........................................

NATIONALITY:......................................

SEX:.......................AGE:...................

MARITAL STATUS...................................

TEL NO:...........................................

NEXT OF KIN:......................................

ANNUAL INCOME:....................................
AMOUNT WON:.......................................







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