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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.
  • gregcarter112@mail2consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "WEB INFO" <jenni@reedtribe.org>
Reply-To: gregcarter112@mail2consultant.com
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:54:07 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!

PROMOTION DEPARTMENT
Globe House 4 Temple Place
London WC2R 2PG
Ref: BT:12052005/21
Batch: 12/25/0034
JANUARY 9 2007

OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws of UK mega jackpot promo. This is to inform you that you have
been selected for a cash prize of £1,000,000 (One Million, Great Britain
Pounds) , International programs held in London Uk .
The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses
from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate
bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.
However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different
ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized
email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses
drawn from all the continents of the world. This Lottery is approved by
the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association
of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend
to sensitize the public.To begin the processing of your prize you are to
contact your claims officer through our accredited Prize Transfer agents
as stated below:


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mr. Gregory Carter,
Globe House 4 Temple Place
London WC2R 2PG
E-mail: gregcarter112@mail2consultant.com

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Contact him, Kindly provide him with your Secret pin code (x7pwyz2006),
Amount won (£1,000, 000 ) and your Reference number (BT:12052005/21).
You are adviced to provide the underlisted claims requirement to the transfer
agent.

Claims Requirements:

1.Name in full:--------------------------------------------------------------

2.Address:-------------------------------------------------------------------

3.Nationality:---------------------------------------------------------------

4.Zip:----------------------------
5.Age:-----------------------------------------------------------------------

6.sex:----------------------------------------------------------------
7.Marital Status:---------------------------------------
8.Occupation:----------------------------------------------------------------

9.Phone/Fax:-----------------------------------------------------------------

10.Present Country:-----------------------------------------------------------

====================================================================================

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 14 days from today. After this
date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.
Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with
your claims agent.
You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially
your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a
case of double claims will not be entertained).
Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically notallowed to participate
in this program.

*Winner under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.
*Staff of UK MEGA JACKPOT not to partake in this Lottery Promo.
Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Sir. Henry Hills

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