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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (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.
  • +31616148079 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • internationalredemption@yahoo.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hellen Solomon" <internationalpaward2006@rediffmail.com>
Date: 16 Nov 2006 08:38:06 -0000
Subject: CONRATULATION******PRICE AWARD WINNER!!!


WINNER\'S INFORMATIONS!!!INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDDEPARTMENT
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY \"A\" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, theresults of the First Category draws of THEMICRO/TRIPPLE WINS PROMO INT. We are happy to informyou that you have emerged a winner under the FirstCategory, which is part of our promotional draws. Thedraws are being officially announced today 16th NOVEMBER, 2006.Participants were selected through acomputer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 emailaddresses of individuals and companies from Africa,America, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, andOceania as part of our International PromotionsProgram.Your e-mail address, attached to ticket No46939, with serial No 472-97 drew the Lucky NoX-970-S°15and consequently won in the First Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of2,500,000 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros),which is the winning payout for Category Awinners.This is from a total cash prize of25,000,000.00 Million Euros shared amongst the firstTen (10) lucky winners in this category
CONGRATULATIONS!Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank.Inyour best interest to aviod mix up of numbers andnames of any kind, we request that you keep the entiredetails of your award strictly from public noticeuntil the process of transferring your claims has beencompleted, and your funds remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid doubleclaiming or unscrupulous acts byparticipants/nonparticipants of this program.Pleasecontact your claims agent immediately for dueprocessing and remittance of your prize money to adesignated account of your choice:You are advised to contact the agents by email.Failureto do so may warrant disqualification.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, findbelow your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember toquote these numbers in your correspondence with yourclaims agent.
REF Number: TLB/SC7765468/XW1911BATCH No: NM/836161/XOP.
To file for your claim,Please Contact the Fiduciary Agent.***********************************************Mr. Cash MorganTHE NETHERLANDS.TEL:+31 616 148 079FAX:+31 847 180 870Reply Email:internationalredemption@yahoo.pl************************************************
All winnings must be notarized to complete the claimprocess; winners will be referred to a ForeignTransfer Manager,to have their winningsnotarized.Winners are to cover the legal charges notTRIPPLE WINS.also you have two weeks to from the dateof this publication to claim your prize or forefeityour winnings.In compliance with the sponsoringbodies\',you are to make a remittance of a part of yourwon fund,not lower than 10-percent, after receivingyour allocation to a charity organisation.
Congratulations once again from all our staff andthank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Hellen Solomon.THE PROMOTIONCOORDINATOR

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