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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024038037 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • claimsagent@dublin.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "IRISH-BIGTIME LOTTERY PROMOTION Promotion 2007" <bamman04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimsagent@dublin.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:21:21 +0000
Subject: AN OFFICIAL DISPATCH LETTER

FORM: IRISH-BIGTIME LOTTERY PROMOTION
IRISH-LOTTO PROMO BV
Office of Prize Disbursement (OPD)

RE: PRIZE WINNER NOTICE - OFFICIAL DISPATCH LETTER

Dear Cash Winner,

This email confirms that you have received from the IRISH-AUTOS GROUP
BV your official notification of your emergence among our 15 lucky prize
winners in the IRISH-AUTOS LOTTERY PROMOTIONS conducted on 15th,01,
2007 at DAP office complex, Dublin, Ireland. You have won a promotional
cash prize under group 1; winners which comprises of 5 lucky
winners.
You are entitled as one of our promotional winner to receive a cash
prize of € 1,000,000-EURO.  (as official
prize payout) and a BRAND NEW 2006 FORD EXPLORER.

IRISH-AUTOS LOTTO PROMOTION is world promotional program organized by
the IRISH-AUTOS GROUP BV Dublin United Kingdom and its partner
DUTCH-AUTOS GROUP BV Amsterdam, The Nethe rlands. This promotion is
entry free,
which NO TICKETS ARE PURCHASED. Winners are randomly selected
systematically online by E-mail and Country code only. An Electronic
Random
Selection System (ERSS) generates selections of winners.

Your email entered for draw No.137 and was luckily selected among 5
lucky winners. A total of 1 million email addresses were entered for
this
promotion. Our partner international email service providers/ marketing
companies and public services providers submit all emails.

Please take your time to review this notification and note the
expiration date, which is 20-01-2007. To redeem your prize, simply fill
the
certificate of your prize claims below.
========================================================
CERTIFICATE OF PRIZE CLAIM [FILE REF 02- 543210]
========================================================
[FULL NAME OF WINNER]......................................
[FUL L MAILING ADDRESS].......................................
[COUNTRY/ REGION]...........................................
[STATE/ PROVINCE]..........................................
[DATE OF BIRTH.....................[SEX]........[TEL]........
[MARITAL STATUS].................
[OCCUPATION]...................
[CURRENT EMAIL]...................
[DRAW DATE].......................
[EXPIRATION DATE].................

Please indicate "X" for the option you want your prize remitted to you.
Listed are the options of receiving prize payment.
(1) BY COURIER DELIVERY OF YOUR PRIZE:
..............................................[....]
(2) WIRE TRANSFER BY THE PAYMENT BANK TO YOUR HOME
ACCOUNT............................[.....]

You are required to submit filled form to the accredited claims
processing Staff via email:

Mr. Kelvin Broonz
Email: claimsagent@dublin.com
Tel: +44 702 403 8037
PAYMENT APPROVAL PROCESS:
----------------------------------------------------
Submitted Form will be manually verified and processed by the assigned
Claims Processing Officer (CPS) The Processing of your form will be
completed as possible and a notification will be issued to you on the
status of your application once completely processed and verified by
the
Claims Processing Officer assigned to your winning.

Once again, congratulations on your prize winning and Ford Explorer.

Sincerely,
Terry James,
Director, Award Disbursement Center.
===============================================================
© 2006 Irish-Autos BV. All rights reserved. To receive this promotion,
you must: (1) submit email and mailing address information (2) select
one of the option listed for receiving prize (3) check your email inbox
for "Redemption Notification" (4) Follow Redemption instructions.
===============================================================

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