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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.
  • +447040110338 (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.
  • contactfiduciaryagent10@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Smith Carpenter" <randomemiratesdraw09@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:26:47 +0000
Subject: YOUR E-MAIL HAS WON THIS YEARS LAST BATCH EMIRATES PROMO

EMIRATES PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES,
406 Bury New Rd,
Whitefield,
Manchester M45 7SX
United Kingdom.
*****************************
Ref: EAASL/9410YI/02
Batch: 12/25/0034

*****************************

Lucky Winner,


BONUS PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION.


We happily announce to you the draws of the Emirates promotion International
program in conjunction with the National Organizing Committee of the
2006/2007 Barclays English Premier League, held on the 19th of August, 2006
in London. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564-75600545-188
with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which
subsequently won you the lottery prize in the 2nd category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of GBP £1,000,000.00 (One
million Great Britain pounds) in cash credited to file C/9080118308/02. This
is from a total cash prize of GBP£15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Great
Britain Pounds) contributed by the major sponsors of the games which include
Emirates Air, Vodafone, Adidas, Hyundai, Fuji Film, MasterCard, Gillette,
Coca-Cola, Toshiba, and a host of others, to be shared amongst the first
fifteen (15) lucky winners in this category.



Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our European
booklet representative office in UK as indicated in our play coupon. In view
of this, your GBP£1,000,000.00 (One million Great Britain pounds) would be
released to you by our affiliate agent payment center in London.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of
your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him. All participants
were selected randomly (Electronically) from the 'World Wide Web' site
through a computer ballot system and extracted from over 100,000 company and
500,000 individual e-mail addresses. This promotion takes place annually.


For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money transferred to a
designated bank account of your choice. This is a part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.



ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered electronically via the Internet and is open to all
persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email address. Principals
and employees of the Emirates International Promo and its respective
Parents, subsidiaries and their immediate families are not eligible.



CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the processing
of claims application. Thus our European agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds to you. To begin your claims
therefore, you are advised as a matter of urgency, to contact the under
listed licensed and accredited claims agent for the processing of your prize
award winning, therefore all protocols laid down by them must be followed to
facilitate your claims. You are however advised to establish contact via
e-mail with the particulars presented below:





OVERSEAS CLAIMS UNIT.
Contact Person: Mr. James Kelvin
Email: contactfiduciaryagent10@yahoo.co.uk

Phone: +44-704-011-0338
+44-701-112 7979
+44-701-112-7500
Fax #:+44-709-286-3046

Note that all claim process and clearance procedures must be duly completed
early to avoid impersonation arising to the issue of double claim. To avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch
numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.



Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program. Thank
you for being part of our promotional program.



NB: PLEASE SEE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR
CORRESPONDENCE TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Smith Carpenter.

AFRO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator.
Emirates promotion International

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