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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • william_007_smith@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jay peterson" <jay_peter_son0018@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:39:47 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

THE LAGOS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.

LAGOS LOTTERY INC,
6123 COOL
STREET ROAD
SOME WHERE VALUE AX34587.




WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you that the draw (#1048) of the Nigerian
International Lottery, Program held on 16/4/2007. Your

e-mail address attached to ticket number: Batch: 7050470902/189 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
2,10, 11, 28, 36, 47, 33.


(bonus no.33) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
(i.e) match 33 plus bonus. You have therefore been

approved to claim a total sum of $1,000000 (One Million United State
Dollars) in cashcredited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of $5,000000 shared amongst the (5) lucky
winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw
system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate
bodies that are listed online. This promotion

takes place weekly.


Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our west Africa
booklet representative office in West Africa as
indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your $1,000000 (One Million
United State dollars) would be released to you by

our Regional Branch Office in Nigeria.


HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: simply contact our(West African) fiducial
agent,NAME: Bar.William Smith,

EMAIL:william_007_smith@yahoo.com Why writing to him, quote your batch and
winning number which can be found on the top left

corner of this notification as to help locate your file easily.


For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is

processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted

taking advantage of this programme by non-participants or unofficial
personnel.


Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before END of April 2007. Otherwise all
funds will be returned as unclaimed and eventually

donated to charity organizations. So we advise you to be constant with your
box, and call us if necessary.
Observe every necessary protocols and be fast about it.

Please contact your claim agent Bar.William Smith, by his Email address
william_007_smith@yahoo.com So that he will direct

you on how you will receive your winning prize.


Yours Truly,


MR.Jay Peterson

NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE Co-ordinator.

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