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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • stracymallinia_lottery@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: stracy mallinia <stracymallinia_lottery@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:36:24 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: WINNIG NOTIFICATION





UK LOTTERY SWEEPS STAKES LOTTERY,
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATIONS.
CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102A
AUSTRALIA ZUID-OOST
SYD. AUSTRALIA..

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD
DEPARTMENT.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Date:3/03/2007
Ref No: 575061725
Batch No: 8056490902
Winning No: KB8701
Ticket No: 275-189-657-23-05
Serial No: 8756-05

WINNIG NOTIFICATION

We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot
lottery draw of the international lottery programme,which took place on the 19TH of January 2007.This is a computer generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for draws.

This lottery 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 11 13 26 34 44 48 and bonus ball number 02 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of USD$2.5.000,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.

This is from the total cash prize of US$25.5,000,000 Million Dollars,shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.All participant were selected randomly 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.

Note: ALL participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual Names,email addresses from all search engines and web sites. This promotional program takes place every year,and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei,Bill Gates Of Microsoftinc, Multi Choice,Echina site and other corperate organisations.

This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.For security purpose and clarity,we advise that you keep your winning informations confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this programe by some particitants.

You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you with your winning and subsequent payments.All winning must be claim not later than one month After the date of this notice.

Please note,in order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore,should there be any change of addresses do inform our agent as soon as possible.Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

NOTE;YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 20YEARS OF AGE.




Sincerely yours,
Mr JAMES PETERS
Operational Director ( EAASSL)

N/B:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS,
CONTACT YOUR WESTERN AFRICAN LOTTERY FUDICIARY SWEEP STAKE HOLDER FOR YOUR BALLOT FALLS WITHIN THE AFRICAN REGION WITH YOUR INFORMATION.


1.FIRST NAME
2.LAST NAME
3.NATIONALITY
4.SEX
5.ADDRESS
6.CITY
7.STATE
8.OCCUPATION
9.WEEKLY INCOME
10.TELEPHONE
11.COUNTRY
12.13.AGE
13:ZIP CODE
14.FAX NO

CONTACT: MR JUDECY
Email Contact: stracymallinia_lottery@yahoo.co.uk You are advise to contact him with your information for your own sake.


UK LOTTERY SWEEPS STAKES LOTTERY GAME










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