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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:
  • "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in lottery scams)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • +447011140799 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • mrs-anita2000@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • rami_zee2@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "infom google" <google.gr.b@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs-anita200607@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 06:13:48 +1100
Subject: Congratulations to you

GOOGLE HOTMAIL YAHOO AND ETC. EMAILS  LOTTERY INTERNATIONALFROM:  INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD .PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE  GLOBE (WE ENCOURAGE  GLOBALIZATION)
FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
GOOGLE B.V. Boeing Avenue 44 9459 PE.
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A"DRAWS
Congratulations to you

 

as we bring to your notice, the  results of the First Category draws of GOOGLE  HOTMAIL YAHOO AND ETC,LOTTERY INT.

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is a yearly promotional draws. The draws were held on 1st nov, 2006 and results are being officially announced today 21th MAY, 2007. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 50941465206-529, with serial number 5772-54 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44  and consequently won in the First Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of ONE MILLION euros, which is the winning payoutfor Category A winners. This is from the total prize money from 2,000,000 euros shared among the 2 winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non participants of this program.
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
To file for your claim,please contact the fiduciary agent.
******************************************
Mrs. anita Agency.
Tel:+447-031--949-454.
Email: mrs-anita2000@hotmail.com                         

offiec (rami_zee2@myway.com)
OLYMPIA 45,
11688 Athens,                                               
GREECE.
OR
Owep Global Agency
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Name: Mr. Paul Owen.
Tel:++447-0111-407-99  P\S CALL
***********************************************
You are advised to contact theagents by email.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent.REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/04 BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely Yours,
MRS.ELIZABETH HANS.
Program Cordinator.

 

Sincerely,

REV (DR) PAUL OWEN
VICE PRESIDENT. 
URBAN LOTTERY.

Phone: +447011140799

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