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

Fraud email example:

From: "frank zela" <frankzela_2007@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: agent_perrywhite@yahoo.com.mx
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:39:08 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !

COCA-COLA International Web Lottery Draws
North America Regional Co-ordination Centre
Area Office (Canada)
Dispatch Code: 912/90/07

Date: 23rd April,2007

Dear Bonus Winner,
We happily announce to you the result of this month Coca-cola sponsored
International web Lottery draw held on the 12th of April 2007.Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545-188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew one of our 5 lucky bonus numbers and won you a prize in
the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a cash prize of
$1.009.000, 00 (One Million, Nine Thousand Dollars) Only. From a total cash
Bonus of $5.045.000, 00 (Five Million Forty Five Thousand Dollars) only,
shared equally in the Bonus category. Your winning is accredited to file
KPC/9080118308/02 with reference 00/7819/GH/CA and will be processed under
the Canadian payment centre.

All participants for this online draws version were selected randomly from
the Web through a computer draw system and extracted from the email data
pool, for this draws entry. This is done in line with the International web
data protection act.
This year event is being sponsored by COCA-COLA.
Please note that your winnings falls within our North America booklet
payment office in Canada as indicated in our draws license. In view of this,
your winnings will be processed by our affiliate vetting & forwarding office
in Ontario and paid to You by our Canadian payment centre.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of
your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised
to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed
and your funds remitted to you in whatever manner you choose, this is part
of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
of this program. Please be duly advised.

To file for your claim, please contact our Canadian claims
agent/representative whose information is provided below, please remember to
quote your winning information

Payment Agent: Perry White
Email enquiry: agent_perrywhite@yahoo.com.mx

Please Note that winnings must be claimed before or on the 20th of May
2007, so offices will be kept open all day till end of claims date.

Congratulations
Frank Zela.

 

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