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

Fraud email example:

From: "U.K ONLINE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL" <e-ballot16@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: flashbudgetclaims@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:15:40 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNT HAS WON X550,000.00...

UK-ONLINE LOTTERY NOTIFICATION
DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS: 1A, BEXON COURT CARLTON, NOTTINGHAM SHIRE
NOTTINGHAM, NG4 1SQ ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM.

REFERENCE Nº: EGS/2251256003/0

BATCH Nº: 14/0017/1PD


AWARD NOTIFICATION

Flash Budget Finance Lottery of British International Lottery Program wishes
to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery program by
the British International Lottery Program held on 8th January 2007. Your
email account was selected as a winner of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds Only. (£550,000.00).

This result is now made available to you and your email address attached to
Ticket # 044595 in the Category A bonus ball 02, 03, 21, 24, 38, 44, and
bonus ball 47. Participants in the draws were randomly selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail addresses of
Individuals/Companies from Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia,
Canada, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our electronic business
Promotions Program.

We advice that you keep your winning information confidential until your
claims has been processed and your money released to you. This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. For the release of your winnings; kindly contact your claims agent
with the following details to expedite the processing of your prize winning.

1. Full name and address.
2. Country of Residence.
3. Tel and fax number.
4. Occupation.

To begin your Claim, please contact our Oxford Regional Claims Agents
Immediately with the following email address; flashbudgetclaims@yahoo.co.uk
or on telephone number; +44 703 192 O661. All winning must be claimed not
later than 30 days from the date of receipt of this email. After this date
all prize winning will treated as Unclaimed. Note in order to avoid
unnecessary delays; remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in
all correspondence.

Congratulations once again from all our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our special quarterly promotional Lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Lennox Anderson,
(Information and Promotion Manager)

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