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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 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.
  • lottery_center@canada.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • canada_mrslisa@canada.com
  • 2010paymentagent@canada.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • lotteryagent@canada.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Canada Lottery Head Office" <lottery_center@canada.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:28:28 +0100
Subject: Congratulations! Your email address has won USD $ 820,000.00

From: Mr. Frank Bill
10th Floor, 125 Garry Street
Winnipeg, MB R3C 4J1.
Onatorio Canada
www.wclc.com

Email: lottery_center@canada.com
Email: canada_mrslisa@canada.com
Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/04
Draw Coupon: Match 6+B

WINNING NOTIFICATION

THIS LOTTERY IS SPONSORED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP TO BE HOSTED
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-
American Sweepstake Lottery International programs held
on the Wednesday Jan 10th 2007 in Essex United
Kingdom and Canada Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: B9564 75604545 100 with! Extra number 6429934 drew
thewinning numbers 9/16/19/41/46/49 with a bonus Number 4,
for LOTTO 6/49 under the choice of the lottery inthe 2nd
category of daily three. You have thereforebeen approved to
claim a total sum of US$ 820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and
Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
EAAL/9080118308/04.

This is from a total cash prize of $ 15 Million
Dollars, shared amongst the first One-Hundred
and thirty (130) lucky winners in this category
worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our Europe booklet representative office in
Austria as indicated in your play coupon, because this
particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World
Cup to be Hosted in South Africa hence your winning
information must be kept to enable you participate in
our subsequent games before the grand finale. In view
of this, your USD $ 820,000.00 (Eight Hundredand Twenty
Thousand United state Dollars) would be released to you by an
accredited commercial Bank in Austria. Our European Agent
will immediately commence the process to acilitate the release
of your funds as soon as you contact him.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide
Web site through computer draws system and extracted
from over 10,000,00 companies and personal e-mails. For
security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claims is processed
and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you
deem fit to claim your prize. It is a promotional program aimed
at encouraging internet users; warning!!! Any mail recieved of this
such with any other trade mark or address should be forwarded
to your claim processsor immidiatly, This will help us to fight
scan imposters. Thank you for your anticipated co-operation
Please be warned. To file for your claim,please contact our
corresponding agent in Austria immediately you read this message
for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information is
as follow: Dr bernhard mehlinger, Tel: +43-6765849954. email:
(2010paymentagent@canada.com ) (lotteryagent@canada.com)

Congratulations once more from all members and staff
of this program that has successfully won this
competition. Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program. Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Gladys Owen United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator
Mrs.Patricia Hope Asst. Gen. Sec Mr. Grey Johnson
european/American Zonal Secretary General.
Zonal Co-coordinator For European Winners Dr
Bill Wilson. African/European Head Office
Baumgarten-strasse 15 Postfach 686 Geneva CH-8201
Schaffhausen Dr and Mrs Angela Bella Head
Offshore Payment Office Paris France. Thanks for your
Co-operation.

Copyright Canada Lottery Board Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline
(c) EAAL/9080118308/04

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