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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +447035903076 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. Rose Adams" <rose-adams01@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:44:44 -0400
Subject: Congratulations!!! (Your email won the lottery)



FROM:THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZEAWARDS DEPARTMENT UK INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY CORPORATION.

Date: 11/08/2007Ref: 575061/03Batch: 8056490902/188Winning Numbers (1) (2) (26) (30) (40) (21) AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICEAttn: Winner, We are pleased to inform you of the lottery result winners of UkInternational Lottery Programmes held on the 1st of August 2007 fromthe Uk International Lottery programme. Which is fully based on anelectronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.Your namewas attached to ticket number; 675061725 9356460902 Serial Number67749137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-23-35-46bonus number 14, which consequently won the lottery in the secondcategory. You are here by have been approved a lump sum pay of£200,000.00GBP (TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND POUND STERLING) in cash creditfile ref: ILP/HW 46704/03 from the total cash prize shared amongstEight lucky winners in this category.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep yourwinning information confidential until your claims has been processedand your money remitted to your nominated bank. This is part of oursecurity protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of thisprogramme by some participants. All participants where selected througha computer/mail balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousandE-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe,Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotionsprogram which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted andsponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies and alsothe Uk Government as part of their social responsibility to thecitizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Furthermore your details (e-mail address) falls within our Europeanrepresentative office in Amsterdam, Holland, as indicated in your playcoupon and your prize of £200,000.00 will be released to you from ouroffice in London. We hope with part of your prize, you will participatein our end of year high stakes for £2.3 Million international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our claims agent, MR.NicholasCarddick at; nick.lotto@yahoo.co.ukTEL: +447035903076

To file for your claim . Please quote your Date of draw,ReferenceNumber, Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on thetop-left corner of this message. Also, you should give in yourtelephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons,we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from thepublic until your claim is processed and your prize has been releasedto you and also to the public. This is part of our security protocol toavoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of thisprogramme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 31th of August 2007;otherwise all funds will be forfited. Congratulations once again onyour winning!

BEST REGARDSROSE ADAMS (MRS)(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT :nick.lotto@yahoo.co.ukANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TODISQUALIFICATION

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