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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:

• 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.
  • +447024037190 (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.
  • scamnotice@europe.com
  • a-claims@europe.com
  • freelclaimsdept_euro@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "OPEC@FORDPROMO UK" <notn_fdl01@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:25:16 +0000
Subject: YOUR AWARD NOTIFICATION

                                            

Ford Motor Company Ltd
Eagle Way, Brentwood,
Essex, CM13 3BW

 

REF Nº: UKL/74-A0802742006                                                                     
BATCH Nº: 2006UKL-01

 

Dear winner,

 

Ford brings to you this unbelievable gift. We wish to inform you that the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by FORD proudly sponsored by OPEC  held on 1st- 11- 2006. Your email account have been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninety-one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds (£891,934.00 pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file REF NO. REF: UKL/74-A0802742006. This is from total prize money of GBP £4,459,670.00 shared among the FIVE (5) international winners in this category.

 

All participants for the on-line version were selected randomly from World Wide Web through computer balloting system drawn from over 100,000 names database, union associations and corporate bodies that are listed on-line. This promotion is this end of year United Kingdom Fords end of year bonanza. It was approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).
 

*WARNING: All winners are to claim their winning prize in not later than 2 weeks (14 days) of their winning notification. And we are very much aware of the Fraudulent Lottery Notification circulating the Internet, this is why we have made our activities on line verif iable so be carefull who you contact and please report any other Notification that claim to
to be from us to : scamnotice@europe.com.

 

 

Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

 

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent:

Mr. Fred Martin,
Claims Officer,
The Ford Comp.
Email: a-claims@europe.com
Altt Email: freelclaimsdept_euro@yahoo.co.uk

* Reply should be made to both emails.
Tel: +44-702-403-7190

 

*Note:Winners must send the following information to the Claims Officer via email to enable the immediate processing of your prize payment:

 

*Name of Beneficiary/Winner:
*Address:
*City/State:
*Nationality:
*Sex:
*Email Address:
*Tel:
*Occupation:
*Next of Kin (if any):
*Age:
*AMOUNT WON:
*In Figures:
*In Words:
*Lucky Nos:
*Ticket No:

 

Note below your winning details:

Ticket Nº: 22-1356-4096-988
Serial Nº: A069-07
Lucky Nº: 12-13-21-26-32-39 Bonus-17
File REF Nº.:  UKL/74-A0802742006
BATCH Nº.: 2006UKL-01

 

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

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Betty Gibson& nbsp;

Ford On-line Co-ordinator   

 

 

 

*NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immediately. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences.

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