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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
  • kenvinmartins@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • margaretferguson@zeepost.nl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kevinmartins@terra.es" <kevinmartins@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:43:18 +0100 (MET)
Subject: FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT(POWERBALL)



FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT(POWERBALL)
POWERBALL EURO E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
BATCH NO: PTP/31211214257/190888
Your Ref: UKNL/255457014/07
Our Ref: UK-NL/0701/07

WINNING NOTIFICATION


Batch No: WD18/0105/05RN
Your Ref: UKNL/255457014/07
Our Ref: UK-NL/0701/07


This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT
INTERNATIONAL/WORLD GAMING BOARD.Your email attached to ticket number
219028657434 with Serial number 918735625 drew the lucky numbers of
21 -70 -81- 82- 99,which consequently won the lottery in the 1st
category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of one
million Pounds(1,000,000.00 pounds) only, which is deposited with the
Flex Securities and creditors,london-uk in your favor as
beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY.

It is important that you keep your winning confidential to avoid
people garnering your information and subsequently making claim with your
winning paraphernalia informations, POWERBALL EURO E-
MAILINTERNATIONAL will decline payment if such irregularity occurs.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and
3,000,000.00 individual email addresses from all over the world. To
beginyour lottery claim, please contact our agent below that have
been appointed for the processing of your claim with your contact email
address,telephone and fax number to begin the processing of your
payment.

ELIGIBILITY:

This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is
open to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email
address Principals and employees of POWERBALL EURO E-MAIL
INTERNATIONAL Promos and its respective Parents, subsidiaries and their immediate
families are not eligible.

CLAIMS PROCEDURES:

It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the
processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for
overseas winners.

To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a matter of
urgency, to contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims
agent for the processing of your prize awards winning.
Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be followed to
facilitate your claims;Send your full name, email address,phone and
fax number to our accredited agent;

CONTACT NAME: Kevin Martins
CITY/ COUNTRY: LONDON, ENGLAND.
EMAIL: kenvinmartins@aim.com

(1) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and
unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions
of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your
prize awards winning.

(2) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning
details very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a
breach of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered
solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy
taken on employment.

Once again, Congratulations from all our staffs and thank you for
being part of our Promotions program.

Sincerely,
Margaret Ferguson
Co-coordinator.
Email: Margaretferguson@zeepost.nl

NB: PLEASE SEE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR
CORRESPONDING TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.






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