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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 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.
  • petermartinscham@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS MARIA DANIELS" <mariadaniel@germany.org>
Reply-To: PETERMARTINSCHAM@NETSCAPE.NET
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 13:48:23 +0000
Subject: FROM MRS MARIA DANIELS

From: The Desk Of the Promotions Manager,
NUEVO-ORO LOTTO: Prize Awards Department
Reference:FL/668530092
Batch:45301/14/FIFA06/FL.

Dear Sir/ Madam,

We gladly wish to inform you of the draws of the Nuevo Oro Lotto in
conjunction with the National Organizing Committee of the 2006 FIFA
World Cup held on the 29TH of Octo 2006 in Munich Germany. You along
with 187 others were selected winners under draws 6+J in our monthly program
which will feature as run up to the games next year when you will be due for
the final Grand draw. However your e-mail address attached to ticket number
508-7895-4456-224 with serial numbers 5223-54 drew the lucky numbers
16-43-85-33-15-73 and consequently won the lottery in the 5th category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!

Please be informed that all participants in this lottery program have been
selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000
companies and 50,000,000 individual e-mail addresses. This Lottery is
Organized by the host country in collaboration with FIFA.
Funds for the draws have been contributed by the major sponsors of the games
which include adidas,Hyundai,FujiFilm,MasterCard,Gillette,Cocacola,Emirates
Air,
Continental,Toshiba,Mcdonalds and a host of others. Due to the computer mix
up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask that you keep this award
strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

Also find all other relevant winning lottery Information below:
Ref No: FL/668530092
Batch No:45301/14/FIFA06/FL
Zonal Draw No: IMSA2-040
Grand Draw No: 14219

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of Two Million Euros
(EUROS 2,000,000) in cash credited to file No:LP/26510460037/02.

To file for your claims contact your claims agent on the information
below Mr Peter Martins
Email: PETERMARTINSCHAM@NETSCAPE.NET <javascript:parent.ComposeTo(%22PETERMARTINSCHAM%40NETSCAPE.NET%22,%20%22%22);>

For all our international winners the value of the amount comes to
($2.415,153.30 USD) Two Million Four hundred and fifteen thousand, One
hundred and Fifty Three United States Dollars and Thirty cents.

For due processing and remittance of your prize money, remember that you
must contact your claim on or before End of November 2006. After this date,
all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to Quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do
inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
Promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mrs Maria Daniels
Lottery Coordinator

To file for your claims contact your claims agent on the information
below PETER MARTINS
Email: PETERMARTINSCHAM@NETSCAPE.NET <javascript:parent.ComposeTo(%22PETERMARTINSCHAM%40NETSCAPE.NET%22,%20%22%22);>
N.B. You are automatically disqualified if you are below 18 years of
age.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

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