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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.
  • phillipjan@mail.md (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: GOLDEN FORTUNES LONDON <goldenfortunes003@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <phillipjan@mail.md>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:33:33 +0000
Subject: GOODNEWS(CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A UK LOTTO WINNER)!!!








U.K.Golden Fortunes Lottery
Online Lottery Promo Dept.
London, United Kingdom.

Date of Notification 14-07-2007

Congratulations!

We the Board and Management of Golden Fortunes Lottery London, UK wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program held on 23rd day of DECEMBER, 2006, which you emerged a winner. It is yet unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards. No tickets were sold.


Your e-mail address attached to the Batch N0:6858/UK with Serial number: 06/1055 drew, 05-03-07 [5] [11] [13] [17] [14] [48] [25], which subsequently won you a prize in the category B. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,500,000.00 (Two Million ,Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) in cash credited to file Ref N0:SGIL/763276/03.

Please be advised as follows: To file for your claim, kindly contact
our certified and accredited claims agent with the information below:
***********************************************

Name: Phillip Jan
E-mail: phillipjan@mail.md
Claims processing agent
For: U.K Golden Fortunes Lottery.
***********************************************
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs,Patricia Spencer
Online Co-ordinator
UK Golden Fortunes
Lottery Promo.


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