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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")
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • drbrownkenneth00@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "global lottery incoperated London England"
<prizereleasepaycenter14_2007@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:13:19 +0000
Subject: notification of winning!!!

REF:01/ 8755412/2007
DATE:BATCH NO;987644329/654
WINNING NO: WFD 6540089 GILI
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

IT IS OUR GREAT PLEASURE TO INFORM YOU OF YOUR PRIZE RELEASED ON THE

1ST OF JANUARY 2007 FROM THE GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INCORPORATED.

THESE LOTTERIES ARE FULLY BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC SELECTION OF WINNERS

USING THEIR E-MAIL ADDRESSES.

YOUR E- MAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER; 109865442 SERIAL

NUMBER 8751128673.THIS BATCH DRAWS THE LUCKY NUMBERS AS FOLLOWS 22-41-

63-77-82 BONUS NUMBER 34,WHICH CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN THE

SECOND CATEGORY.

YOU HAVE BEEN APPROVED A LUMP SUM PAY OF (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES

DOLLARS) IN CASH CREDIT FILE REF: GILI/MM
8755412/06 FROM THE TOTAL CASH PRIZE OF TEN MILLION UNITED STATES

DOLLARS SHARED AMONGST TEN LUCKY WINNERS IN THIS CATEGORY.

ALL E- MAIL ADDRESSES WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM

DRAWN FROM 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 CONGLOMERATE OF SOME

MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES AS PART OF THEIR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO THE

CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY HAVE OPERATIONAL BASE. FURTHER

MORE YOUR DETAILS (E-MAIL ADDRESS) FALLS WITHIN OUR AFRICAN REGIONAL

OFFICE IN NIGERIA, AS INDICATED IN YOUR PLAY COUPON AND YOUR PRIZE OF

ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS WILL BE RELEASED TO YOU FROM OUR

LONDON CORRESPONDENT WHERE WE HAVE OUR CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS. WE HOPE

WITH PART OF YOUR PRIZE, YOU WILL PARTICIPATE IN OUR END OF YEAR HIGH

STAKES FOR ONE BILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS

INTERNATIONAL DRAW.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
SIMPLY CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT, DR BROWN KENNETH

VIA EMAIL:drbrownkenneth00@yahoo.com

TEL; 234 1 4701882

TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM. PLEASE QUOTE
YOUR REFERENCE, BATCH AND WINNING NUMBER WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE TOP

LEFT CORNER OF THIS NOTIFICATION AS WELL AS YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS AND

TELEPHONE NUMBER TO HELP LOCATE YOUR FILE EASILY.

FOR SECURITY REASONS, WE ADVICE ALL WINNERS TO KEEP THIS INFORMATION

CONFIDENTIAL FROM THE PUBLIC UNTIL YOUR CLAIM IS PROCESSED AND YOUR

PRIZE RELEASED TO YOU. THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID

DOUBLE CLAIMING AND UNWARRANTED TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM BY NON

-PARTICIPANT OR UNOFFICIAL PERSONNEL.

NOTE, ALL WINNINGS MUST BE CLAIMED BY THE 20TH OF JANUARY. 2007;

OTHERWISE ALL FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND EVENTUALLY DONATED

TO CHARITY, CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN ON YOUR WINNINGS!!!

BEST REGARDS
BENNY REAGAN (CO-COORDINATOR)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR AGENT

DR BROWN KENNETH AT:drbrownkenneth00@yahoo.com

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
BENNY REAGAN
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
UK GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INCORPORATED

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