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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "PROMOMANAGER" <ukpromo001@anabolicminds.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: <maxwell.wesy@namnet.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:53:51 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATION WINNERS 2007




FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
UK NATIONAL LOTTO PROMOTION,
HEADQUARTERS:
10 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE,
LONDON WC2N 5BX, THE UNITED KINGDOM.

REF NO.: UK/61230235017/07
BATCH NO.: 82/00613/PUK

RE- WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE

We happily announce to you the draw number 620 of UK NATIONAL LOTTO PROMO=
TION, UNITED KINGDOM / INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS which held on the 2nd of J=
uly 2007. It is our pleasure to inform you that you have emerged as a Cat=
egory "B" winner of the UK NATIONAL LOTTO PROMOTION.

This result is today released to you and your e-mail address is attached =
to ticket number: 014-026-433-162, with serial number 3217-22 drew the lu=
cky numbers 80-62-14-53-11-70, which subsequently won you the lottery in =
the 1st category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of One Million; Fiv=
e Hundred Thousand-America Dollars ($US1, 500,000) in cash credited to th=
e file REF NO. UK/61230235017/07. This is from a total cash prize of Twen=
ty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand-American Dollars ($US25, 500,000),=
shared amongst the first seventeen- (17) lucky winners in this category =
=E2=80=9CB". =20

In view of this, the Certified Bank Check of your One Million, Five Hundr=
ed Thousand-American Dollars ($US1, 500,000) would be released to you by =
our finance firm in London U.K., They will immediately commence the proce=
ss to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them.

As a category "B" winner, all participants for the free online lotto vers=
ion were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through the computer =
draw system and extracted from over 100,000 names / companies from Africa=
, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North America, South America, Central A=
merica and Asia, as Part of International Promotions Program, which is Co=
nducted quarterly. After the computer ballot of our International Promoti=
ons Program, only first seventeen- (17) lucky winners were emerged in thi=
s category and therefore both are to receive payouts of One Million, Five=
Hundred Thousand-American Dollars ($US1, 500,000) from a total cash priz=
e of Twenty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand-American Dollars ($US25, =
500,000), for this category=E2=80=99s winners.

This lottery program was organized by the philanthropist group of compute=
r software=E2=80=99s manufacturers here in U.K. while it was promoted and=
sponsored by the eminent personalities like, Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc=
, Carly Fiorina of Hewlett Packard, Glen Boreham of IBM Australia Limited=
, the sultan of Brunei, Multi Choice Company, and other corporate Organiz=
ations. This lottery program was organized to improve the use of computer=
software and for the benefit of every Computer user.

Meanwhile, find below is the contact information of our Category "B" fidu=
ciary agent who is your claims agent whom you will contact for the claim =
of your won prize.

MR. MAXWELL WESLEY
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
VINTAGE INVESTMENT SERVICES PLC.
EMAIL: maxwellwesy@mailpersonal.com=20
EMAIL: maxwellwesy@namnet.com=20
=20

And to file your claim, you should send to our aforementioned Category "B=
" fiduciary agent who is your claim agent, the needed information as requ=
ested below for the processing of your won prize. And for the prompt / du=
e processing of your won prize, you are advised to send to your claim age=
nt the correct information in accordance with the required information as=
stated below.

YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR AGE:
YOUR SEX:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
YOUR TITLE OR POSITION:
YOUR BATCH NUMBER:
YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER:
YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:
YOUR FAX NUMBER:
YOUR PHYSICAL ADDRESS:

Beside, all winners should state clearly to the aforesaid fiduciary agent=
the MODE/OPTION of their choice with which they will want their won priz=
es to be received by them, either they will prefer to go to our cash paym=
ent office in Spain for the personal collection of their won prize or the=
y will want the Certified Bank Cheque of their won prize to be couriered =
to them at their respective Country. This is very important for us to kno=
w not only to avoid any misrepresentation / unwarranted situation to the =
processing of the winner=E2=80=99s won prize but it will also be in form =
of agreement to be made between the winners and the UK National Lotto Pro=
motion concerning the mode of won prize receiving.

Thus your full physical address (office or home address) is compulsory to=
be forwarded to us for the postal delivery of your Certified Bank Cheque=
d if you will want the Certified Bank Cheque of your won prize to be cour=
iered to you in your Country, while you need not to forward your address =
to us again if you will prefer to go to our cash payment office in Spain =
for the cash collection of your won prize.

With the above requested information being completely forwarded to the af=
oresaid fiduciary agent by you, then the processing of your won prize wil=
l be commenced immediately, while your winnings Certificate and further r=
elevant information for your payment accreditation will be sent to you af=
ter proper verification and authentication of your claims information.

Meanwhile, it should be noted that all won prize must be claimed not late=
r than 21st of August 2007, while any claim not made before the aforesaid=
date will be forfeited and returned back to the UK NATIONAL LOTTO PROMOT=
ION as unclaimed won prize.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications to your won =
prize=E2=80=99s claiming, endeavour to always quote correctly your REFERE=
NCE and BATCH numbers in every of your correspondences with your claim ag=
ent exactly as stated above on this very message.

More importantly, due to the mix up of some numbers and names, and for se=
curity reasons of the winners=E2=80=99 won prize, our winners are assured=
of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until th=
e end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. But all winners ar=
e advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the en=
d of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims=
, hence you are advised to keep your winning information confidential til=
l your claims is being processed and your won prize is being received by =
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and u=
nwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements, so be war=
ned.

Finally, all winners should try as much as possible to let their response=
be written in English Language as only ENGLISH RESPONSES will be attende=
d to / treated by us since English remain our general language while any =
response with another language will definitely receive slow responses fro=
m us, and should there be any Changes in your email address, do also info=
rm our fiduciary agent who is your claims agent as prompt as possible.

Congratulations to you once again from all our staff for being lucky to b=
e part of our promotional lottery program, and it is our hope that apart =
of your won prize, you will participate in our end of the year high stake=
s of US$95.4 Million International Lottery.

At your disposal, we remain.

Sincerely,

MRS. JESSICA HARRISON
The Promotions Manager,
UK NATIONAL LOTTO PROMOTION, UNITED KINGDOM.

N.B. Any winner below age of twenty (20) will be automatically disqualify=
from this promo while any breach of confidentiality on the part of the w=
inners will also result to disqualification.


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