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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme"
• 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.
  • +447040110466 (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.
  • gramicheal@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EUROPEAN LOTTERY INC." <Winners_results@europeanlottery.com>
Reply-To: michael_33221@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:24:56 +1050
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!


EUROPEAN PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF:
(Registration LT12).

Corporate Headquarters
P O Box 2314 Bermingham,
B80 1UP, UNITED KINGDOM

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

WINNING NOTIFICATION/PROCESSING ADVICE.
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Security Code No.ULI/APRXX/05
Ref: UK/9420X/68
Batch: 07405/ZY369
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
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Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize released on
the 16th of December, 2006 from the United Kingdom
International Lottery programme. Which is fully based on
an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail
addresses.

Your name was attached to ticket number; 5647560054
serial number 5360/02 This batch draws the lucky numbers
as follows 7-27-29-37-14 bonus number 40, which
consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of
1,000,000.00 GBP. (ONE MILLION GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS) in
cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash
prize of 1,000,000.00 GBP. All participant were selected
through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine
hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,
United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Oceania as part of our international promotions program
which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate
of some multinational companies as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where
they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our
representative offices in europe, as indicated in your play
coupon.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE, Simply contact our agent;
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NAME: MR MICHAEL GRAHAM
Email: gramicheal@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: + 44 704 011 0466
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For the immediate release of your funds you are to provide
the
following details to our agent;

1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number:(Include Area and Country code):
10. Cell Number:(Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):
11. Draw Number above:
12. Payment Method (Cheque / Draft):
13. Email Address:
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Once again Congratulations and more continued fortunes
ahead.

Richard Woodgate
Controller.

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