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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million 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)
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348027889824 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • aaronreznyy@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SOUTH PACIFIC LOTTERY ESTABLISHMENT LTD <aaronreznyy@yahoo.it>
Date: 27 Apr 2007 23:47:50 +1000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! (YOU HAVE WON)

MIME-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: text/html

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




<div id=yiv312972203><div> <table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="577" border="0">



<tbody> <tr> <td vAlign="top" width="104" colSpan="2" rowSpan="3"><font



color="#3366ff"><strong><img



src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/results/lotto_header_enter_numbers.gif"></stron



g></font></td> <td width="463" height="14"><font color="#3366ff"><strong><img height="14"



alt="" src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gif" width="463"></strong></font></td>



<td width="10" colSpan="2" rowSpan="3"><font color="#3366ff"><strong><img



src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/results/lotto_right.gif"></strong></font></td><



/tr> <tr> <td bgColor="#ff0000" height="25"><font color="#3366ff"><strong><img height="25"



alt="" src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gif"



width="1"></strong></font></td></tr> <tr> <td height="8"><font color="#3366ff"><strong><img



height="4" alt="" src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gif"



width="1"></strong></font></td></tr> <tr> <td width="2" bgColor="#ff0000"><font

color="#3366ff"><strong><img height="1" alt=""



src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gif" width="2"></strong></font></td> <td



colSpan="3"><font color="#3366ff"><strong><img height="10" alt=""



src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/s.gif"



width="1"></strong></font></td></tr></tbody></table><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"



href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mch.govt.nz/img/emblems/coat-of-arms-34



0.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mch.govt.nz/emblems/coatofarms/description.html&h=336&w=



340&sz=40&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=MaJFQZUsF8j1BM:&tbnh=118&tbnw=119&pre



v=/images%3Fq%3DNew%2BZealand%2Bcoat%2Bof%2Barm%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG"><img



style="BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid;BORDER-TOP:1px solid;BORDER-LEFT:1px solid;BORDER-BOTTOM:1px



solid;" height="118"



src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:MaJFQZUsF8j1BM:http://www.mch.govt.nz/img/emblems/coat



-of-arms-340.jpg" width="119"></a> <div>SOUTH PACIFIC LOTTERY

ESTABLISHMENT</div> <div>BATCH NUMBER: KTU 90902232</div> <div>REFERENCE NO:



76739900<br></div> <div>South Pacific Winning Notifications<br>South Pacific Lottery



Establishment,<br><span id="lw_1177393403_0">West Africa</span> Lottery Establishment<br>524



<span id="lw_1177393403_1">St. John's</span> Crescent<br><span



id="lw_1177393403_2">Auckland</span> 927627<br><span id="lw_1177393403_3">New



Zealand</span></div> <div><br>8TH APRIL 2007</div> <div>Reference: 76739900<br>Batch: KTU



90902232<br>Winning no: KB1973<br> <br>CONGRATULATIONS!!!<br> <br>Hello Lucky



Winner,<br> <br>We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot



lottery draw of the South Pacific International Lottery Programme, which took place on the 2nd



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. 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 US$200,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED



THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02. This is from the total cash



prize of US$2,000,000 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 <span id="lw_1177393403_4">Canada</span>,<span



id="lw_1177393403_5">Australia</span>,<span id="lw_1177393403_6">United States</span>,<span



id="lw_1177393403_7">Asia</span>,<span id="lw_1177393403_8">Europe</span>,<span



id="lw_1177393403_9">Middle East</span>, Africa and Oceania as part of our international



promotions programme which is conducted annually.<br> <br>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 AFRICAN representative office in <span



id="lw_1177393403_10">Abuja,NIGERIA</span>,as

indicated in your play coupon and your prize of US$200,000.00 will be released to you from the



regional branch office <span id="lw_1177393403_11">ABUJA</span> in NIGERIA.We hope with part of



your prize,you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion



international<br>draw.<br> <br>Our agent will immediately commence the process to



facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.<br> <br>HOW TO CLAIM YOUR



PRIZE:<br>Simply contact your claims agent:</div> <div>MR. AARON REZNY<br>CELL PHONE



NUMBER: +234 802 788 9824<br>E-MAIL : <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"



href="/ym/Compose?To=aaronreznyy@yahoo.it"><span



id="lw_1177393403_12">aaronreznyy@yahoo.it</span></a><br> <br>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.For security reasons,we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from



the public until your claim is processed and your prize money

remitted/released to you.<br> <br>This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid



double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements,equally



to guard against non participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this



programme. Note that,all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE 15TH APRIL



2007) otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our



next lucky dip sweepstakes.</div> <div>Note that you have to call Mr. Aaron Rezny (+234 802



788 9824) before sending your listed informations to him.<br> <br>Full name:<br>Telephone



number:<br>Fax number:<br>Mailing address:<br>Age:<br>Occupation:<br>Fax:<br>Ktu



Number:<br>Draw Number:<br> <br>Congratulations once again on your



winnings!!!<br> <br>Yours sincerely,<br> <br>Mrs. Helen Blake<br>Executive



Co-ordinator<br><span id="lw_1177393403_13">New Zealand</span> Lottery Establishment</div>



<div>Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald

Goodman<br>Manager Foreign Operations,<br> <br>PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE, MAKE



SURE YOU<br>CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"



href="/ym/Compose?To=aaronreznyy@yahoo.it"><span



id="lw_1177393403_14">aaronreznyy@yahoo.it</span></a><br> <br>ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SEND DOWN



YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR



WINNING,BATCH AND REF NUMBERS. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL



RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.</div></div>

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