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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.
• 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.
  • +447011136905 (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.
  • powerball_claims208@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Power ball Lotto - Wheel E-game 2006 <powerball_claims208@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 05:48:47 +0100
Subject: Attn:DO CONTACT US FOR YOUR CLAIMS /Ref No.: PBL/CN/6654/CP!!!!


     

                                      POWERBALL LOTTO. UK
                               POWERBALL-WHEEL E-GAME 2006

 

 

Dear Consolation Prize Winner,

 

NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING.

 

This email confirms that you have been notified of by the POWERBALL INTER LOTTO UK The England of your email lottery winning for 2006 Power ball Lotto - Wheel E-game held on 24th November 2006.

 

We wish to congratulate you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consolation prize winners.

 

Your email ID identified with Coupon No.PBL2348974321 and was selected by Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the Lotto-Wheel E-game. Your email ID included among the 50,000 different email addresses where submitted by our partner international email provider companies.

 

Prize Ref No.: PBL/CN/6654/CP
LotteryGroup: Consolation Prize Group
Prize Amount: US $500,000 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only.

 

To file in for your Claims you are required to contact the Lottery Claims Processing Officer and send to us this following information below.

 

Lottery Claims Officer:

 

Name: Mr. William Park
Email; powerball_claims208@yahoo.co.uk

Tel:+4470111369052
Fax:+448704906836

 

                       CLAIMS INFORMATIONS

 

FULLNAME:....................................................................
FORWARDING ADDRESSE:.........................................................
CITY/STATE:....................... COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.......................
MARITAL STATUS:..................... NATIONALITY..............SEX...........
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT NR:..................DATE OF BIRTH:.................
TEL/FAX NR: .........................OCCUPATION:..........................
CURRENT EMAIL:............................

                           WINNING INFORMATIONS

 

COUPON NR:..................................LOTTERY REF NR:..................
LOTTERY DATE:..................CLAIMANT SIGNATURE:...........................

Also we would like you to pick an option on how you want you claims to be sent to you.

 

Below is our Options you are to pick one from the listed option on how you want your (Claims)funds to be transfered or sent to you.

 

                          DELIVERY OPTIONS

 

1. Through Courier Delivery.

 

2. Bank wire transfer to any Bank of our Lucky Winners.

 

3. Traveling down to the UK in person to collect your funds yourself.

 

Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your consolation prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming Power ball Lotto-Wheel Email-games.

 

Yours truly,

Mrs.Roseline Donald,
(Lottery Coordinator

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