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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447024081491 (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.
  • slify_manager_001@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Raymond James Mehta <slifymanager222@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 18:51:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: congratulations you have won yahoo lottery


You won $800.000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you! Messenger


CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU WON $800.000.00!
THE YAHOO/Msn/Aol/GOOGLE/ GLOBAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. INC
Barley House Harold Road
Sutton, Greater London Sm1 4te United Kingdom.




YAHOO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Yahoo Lottery Intl Inc programs held on the 6th, August, 2007 in Tottenham London. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-2613357, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of U.S $800,000.00 for the 2nd day of the month of August, 2007 lottery draw promotion which is organized by Google & YAHOO LOTTERY INTL INC. Every Quater.
Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our European Regional Representative Office in
London as indicated in this notice. In view of this, your U.S $800.000.00 would be released to you after contacting our legal/clearance office here in United Kingdom. Our fiduciary agent zoned for our paying bank
(ING Bank NL.) will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.


YAHOO, collects all the E-MAIL I D of the people that subscribes to yahoomail, msn, hotmail, aol, rediffmail, altavista, and others online, among the billions that subscribe to us only five people did emerge as winners since we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for having been one of the lucky people that won for this month..

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

you are to contact your Fiduciary Agent on or before your date of Claims, Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Payment Centre.
Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize was won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be nullified and retrieved.

To file for your claim send identification and details of claim to:

LEGAL CONSULTANT/FIDUCIARY AGENT:
Dr. Raymond James Mehta. Email:slify_manager_001@yahoo.co.uk
Tel +447024081491
+447024084810




These numbers are your winning identification numbers, which you will send to your fiduciary agent.

Serial number 5388/02
Draw lucky numbers: 31-6-2613357
Ticket number: 56475600545 188
Batch number.....................Lwh 09102
Lotto number.......................Lwh35447
Winning number...................Lwh09788




You are therefore advised to quote the following information to
the Clams Agent as to facilitate the processing of your won amount and transfer of your fund without delay. more-so do well to fill the form below:







NOTE: YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO KEEP ALL YOUR WINNING AND WINNING DETAILS CONFIDENTIAL TILL CLAIM IS MADE TO AVOID WRONG CLAIMING. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENCIAL DISQULIFIES YOU FROM GETTING YOUR PRIZE.

Congratulations once more!! Yours Sincerely,


JOHNSON BLAKE(PHD)
LOTTERY ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com




VERIFICATION AND CLERANCE FORM


1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________

2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________


3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________


5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.NATIONALITY:_____________________________

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.BATCH NUMBER:____________________ _____________

10.LOTTO NUMBER: _

11.WINNING NUMBER:

12.DRAW LUCKY NUMBER:


13.SERIAL NUMBER:

14.TICKET NUMBER:

15.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
16.DO YOU OWN A COMPUTER:
17.WHEN FIRST DID YOU USE A COMPUTER:
18.PRESENT LOCATION:


27 COUNTRIES________________________________



CONGRATULATIONS!!! FROM YAHOO ONLINE
LOTTERY BOARD.



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