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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 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.
  • +447011135639 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +4407024037230
• 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.
  • raymond_77agence@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ROBERT MANGI <serve_notice24hr@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <raymond_77agence@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 21:56:25 -0400
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ARE BE EMERGE AS THIS YEAR WINNER(HERITAGE!!!








HERITAGE FOUNDATION GROUP INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
P.O Box 1103. Asbury Street,Creek Road, Deptford, London SE8.United Kingdom.Tel: +44 (0) 702 403 7230Fax: +44 (0) 709 288 0755.
GRANT NO: HLP/200-26937.WINNING BATCH NO: 2005MJL-01.Attn: Recipients,

CASH ENDOWMENT NOTIFICATION.I have been directed to inform you by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a cash Grant/Donation for your own personal,educational, and business development. The Heritage Foundation wasestablished on July 30th 1975 by the Multi-Million groups and companies in Europe having their co-prorate head office in England, was conceived with the objective of human growth, educational and community development.To celebrate the 32th Anniversary program, The Heritage Foundation is giving out a yearly donation of £6,000.000million Pounds( GBPS) to thirty lucky selected email addresses from the ballot system drawn machine. Each selected email addresses,will be given the amount of £200,000 (Two hundred thousand Pounds Sterling) to each person as a lucky winner.

All Recipients were selected randomly through an online computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions programmer which is conducted annually. This promotion is being promoted and sponsored by Microsoft, in conglomerate of Multinational companies of SHELL COMPANY as part of their social responsibility for benefit to the citizens in the internet where they have operational bases.Once again congratulation's from Heritage Foundation!!!


HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact the claims agent,
Name: Mr Raymond Smith
email... raymond_77agence@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44-701-113-5639
by filling this form below and send it to himto file for your claim .

HERITAGE WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULL NAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
GRANT BATCH NO/ WINNING NO......
ADDRESS..................................................SEX.........................
AGE..................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
EMAIL.................................................
DATE......................................................
SIGNATURE...........................................




APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

Please quote your Grant batch number 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 (VERY SECRET) from the public until your claim is processed and your prize money remitted/released to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programmer by some unscrupulous elements,equally to guard against non participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this programmer.

Note that, all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME(ON OR BEFORE 30th OF NOVEMBER); otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!! Yours in service.
PREVIOUS WINNER.

ANNOUNCER,SECRETARY.HERITAGE FOUNDATION GROUP INTERNATIONAL
P.O Box 1103. Asbury Street,Creek Road, Deptford, London SE8.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS.
From your left,Mr.Sidwel.J,Mr.Richerey.M,Mr Granham.G,Mr.Boosh.R,Mr.Rooney.W,Mr.Vianarel.G,Mr.Gareth.G,Mr.Tony.W.Mr.Oliver.O
WARNING.UNAUTHORIZED EDITING AND USAGE OF THIS EMAIL CONTENTFOR CRIMINAL PURPOSES IS HIGHLY PROHIBITEDUNDER THE LAWS AND CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.*****************************************************************************Copyright © 2007 the Heritage Group International Uk.All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines.


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