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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:
  • "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.
  • ukclaimsagent_007@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC." <WEBDNXIEV401@prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:03:44 -0800
Subject: Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!




















POWERBALL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.
Kruslann 205, 1098 SJ,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
POWERBALL BV LOTTERY 2007

Date: 15th FEBUARY 2007
Ref Number: PBL/ CN/ 6654/ CP

Dear Consolation Prize Winner,

CONSOLATION PRIZE
WINNING NOTICE

British and American private international e-games
organizers and co-sponsors, POWERBALL LOTTO Group
International, officially bring to your notice of the
final draw result of the 3th JAN, 2007 POWERBALL
LOTTO -Wheel E-game which was conducted at our
international corporate office complex in London,
United Kingdom.

Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY
SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT
SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage
the use of Internet for academic and business
pursuits. It major aim is to promote music, theater,
art, literature,projects in the social and political
arena with a focus on health, as well as science,
research, and higher education.

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the
selection of your email coupon number which was
selected a mong the 45 lucky consolation prize winners
Your email ID identified with Coupon No. PBL
2348974321 and was selected by our E-games Random
Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000
different email addresses enrolled for the E-game.

Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different
email addresses submitted by our partner international
email provider companies. You have won a consolation
cash prize of £500,000.00 ( Five Hundred Thousand
Pounds only). The POWERBALL LOTTO Group. BV, have
approved a payout of your consolation cash prize which
will be remunerated directly to you by our official
Finance Broker. They will render to you complete
assistance and provideadditional information and
processes for the claims of your consolation prize.
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
Make Sure this Verification and Funds Release Form is
sent to the Fiduciary agent for quick verification and
funds release purpose.

1.TEL:..........................................
2.SEX .....................
3.AGE: ....................
4.FULL NAMES:........................................
5.ADDRESS: ............................................
.
6.COUNTRY: .........................................
7.E-MAIL:......................................
8.OCCUPATION:..........................................
..................................
9: AMOUNT
WON..............................................
10: REFERENCE: NUMBER:...............................


WINNING INFO:
Amount Won £500,000.00
Coupon Number: PBL 2348974321
Reference Number: PBL/ CN/ 6654/ CP
Date of draw: 12th FEB, 2007

CONTACT INFO:
Name: Hawk marks

Email: ukclaimsagent_007@yahoo.com.hk
www.powerballlottery.com

Once again congratulations from the management of the
Powerball International Lottery on your consolation
prize winning, we hope that you will use the winning
for good causes and also partake in the forth coming
Powerball Lottery Wheel Egames.

Regards,

Mr Hawk Marks
(Group Cordinator)

Copyright © 1994-2006 The Power Ball BV Lottery
International Inc. All rights reserve

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