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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • frontdesk_irishlottery@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: IRISH LOTTERY BOARD <info_irishlotto7@web.de>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:01:44 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION




The Irish Lottery
47 Meadow Vale, Sligo, Ireland.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59



CONGRATULATIONS!!!


We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY PROGRAMME online Sweepstakes International Program held on 14th JANUARY 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to the winning ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky number: 27 which subsequently won the LOTTO JACK POT prize. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ¤1,350,000 EUROS(One Million three Hundred and fifty Thousand euros) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/05 of Irish Lottery.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your ¤1,350,000 EUROS would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe(UK).
(photos of people)
Vew pictures of the last batch of ten online lottery winners in the United Kingdom National lottery,from Japan,Canada,Australia,Ghana,New zealand,South Africa,United States Of America,Italy,Chile,Syria. To file for your claim, please contact our lottery front desk with your lottery claim form,which you are suppose to fill out and mail back to us:

Dr. BRIAN MAXWELL LB LLB QC.Email:frontdesk_irishlottery@hotmail.com
That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than One month. After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference Number (LSUK/2031/8161/05) and Batch Number (R3/A312-59)in every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your
claims frontdesk as soon as possible.
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. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Please find below the lottery claim form; fill and forward to our fiduciary agent as stated above.

LOTTERY CLAIM FORM... FULL NAME..........................................................................................MARITAL STATUS...............................AGE...........................................SEX....................................................PLACE OF BIRTH.......................NUMBER OF CHILDREN.......................................................................
TEL: ..................................................FAX: ..........................................
EMAIL: ................................................................................................PLACE OF WORK................................................................................ANNUAL INCOME.................................................................................STATE/CITY.........................................NATIONALITY............................COUNTRY OF RESIDENT.....................................................................RESIDENT ADDRESS......................................................................................................................................................................................NEXT OF KIN.......................................................................................
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SELF.............................................................
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................HOW YOU WISH TO SPEND YOUR LOTTERY CLAIMS (OPTIONAL)...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
IRISH LOTTO ( OFFICE USE ONLY ) : .....................................................
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
________________ __________________
Lotto Winners Sign Date.The form can be filled out in three ways and sent back to us.1--Carefully fill out this form and send back by email attachment 2--You can copy & paste the page in your compose,fill out the datas and mail back to us.3--You dont have to fill the form,you could just fill out all the datas in your compose page and mail back to us.LOTTERY WARNING You ve been informed that you should keep your lottery notification confidential till your lottery fund is remitted to you,to avoid double claiming and unwarrented abuse of this programme,which could earn you a disqualification. PLEASE NOTE.There ll be a Irish National Lottery Gala Night,in our headquarters in stamford, Dublin for all Lottery Winners,were they ll get to meet the press,grant interview,and have group photograph,They ll also be awarded the European certificate of HONS by the Duke of Windsor, airlines ticket and hotel reservation ll be booked,provided and paid for by the Irish Lottery Board,you ll be informed in due course when the dates re fixed. CONGRATULATIONS... SINCERELY SIR DAVIDSON BROLA ( P.R.O ) CHIEF EXECUTIVE ================= Online Co-ordinator for IRISH LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE PROGRAMME 2007.Good luck from me and members of staff of the IRISH LOTTERY.



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