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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:

• 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.
  • +447024091806 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Heineken Annual Promo <heinekenannualpromo0004@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: heinekenannualpromo2006@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:53:07 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FINAL WINNING NOTICE HEINEKEN MONTHLY PROMO


HEINEKEN BOTTLING COMPANY
#55 SCHOOL GATE PLACE,
STAMFORD BRIDGE,
LONDON,
SW1V 3DW.
UNITED KINGDOM.

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded monthly final draws of Heineken Monthly Promo.
The online Heineken Monthly Promo draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer (TOPAZ) search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of (12)twelve winners in the fourth category for the second prize with the following data:

Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: 14/28/0046
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750

You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of 1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING ) each from the total payout.

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in London UK as indicated in your play coupon.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited paying bank for SECOND category winners with the information below: You are required to fill and SUBMIT the following informations to the paying bank via email below.

FULL NAMES:______________________________
ADDRESS:_________________________________________________
CITY:_________________________
STATE:________________________ZIP:_____________________
COUNTRY:_____________________
SEX:_______________
AGE:__________________
NEXT OF KIN:_______________________ MARITAL STATUS:_________________
AMOUNT WON:---------------------------------
OCCUPATION:________________________
ANNAUL INCOME:______________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER:__________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
NATIONALITY:_________________________



Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:
Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our paying bank through email for prompt collection of your funds.


( CONTACT OUR PAYING BANK )
Overseas Claims/United Kingdom Payment Unit
================================
Contact Name: ROBERT WRIGHT
Bank Name: HSBC PLC LONDON UK Phone Nmuber: +44-702-4091-806
E-mail Address: robert.wright@hs-bc.com , customercare@hs-bc.com
Bank Address: 50 Barnes Street London, England W1T 3NG

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You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 15 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.
Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your paying bank.


Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

OUR SPONSORS:

Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group
of philanthropist, industrialists from the internet hardware industry
and some other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.

Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Allan Brown
HEINEKEN Games/Lottery Coordinator.




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