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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • agent_caeser@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "The National Lottery" <jenni@reedtribe.org>
Reply-To: agent_caeser@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:18:53 -0800
Subject: ***WINNING NOTIFICATION MAIL***

CASH-OUT LOTTO BV
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

Date:30/01/2007
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Winning no: 11 13 26 34 44 48

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot
lottery draw of the uk national cash-out lotto bv international programme,which
took place on 22th of January 2007.This is a computer generated lottery
of Internet users using email addresses for draws. This lotto draw is fully
based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses
from different World Wide Web(www)sites.Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky
numbers and bonus ball number which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
-£550,000.00 (TIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GBP) in cash credit file
ref:ILP/HW 47509/02. This is from the total cash prize of -£2,000,000MillionGBP,shared
amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.All participant
were selectedrandomly through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine
hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United
States,Asia,Europe,Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international
promotions
programme which is conducted annually.This Lottery is being promoted and
sponsored by a conglomerate of Multinational companies as part of their
social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have
operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative
office in Amsterdam,Holland,as indicated in your play coupon and your prize
of -£250,000.00 will be released to you from the regional branch office
in UK.
We hope with part of your prize,you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for -£1.3 Billion international draw.Our agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as
you contact him.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact your claims agent,Mr Chris Brown
email.... (agent_caeser@yahoo.co.uk) by filling this form
below and send it to himto file for your claim .
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM.
YOUR FULLNAME: ...............
YOUR SEX:...........................
YOUR ADDRESS:....................
YOUR COUNTRY:....................
YOUR FAX:..............................
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:...............
YOUR OCCUPATION:.....................
YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:...............
YOUR AGE:............................................
YOUR REF NUMBER:.........................
YOUR BATCH NUMBER:..................


Please quote your reference,batch and winning number which can be found
on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name,address
and telephone number to help locate your file easily.Due to mix up of some
numbers and names, weask that you keep your winning information confidential
until your claims has been processed and
your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

Note that,all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME;otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed an eventually be reabsorbed into our
next lucky dip sweepstakes.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Yours in service,
Mrs. Grace Karimu Executive Co-ordinator(uk national Lottery Inc).Dr. P.
Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van
Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director
International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy
(Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE,MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT ABOVE.ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SEND DOWN YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO
YOUR CLAIMS AGENT FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILLRESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.

This is a scam, sent from a stolen email account. DO NOT REPLY TO IT.

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