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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")
  • "you are advice to " (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.
  • +447045717099 (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.
  • tipp24lotto@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Tipp24 Lotto Department <tipp24lotto@yahoo.de>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:19:12 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Re:WINNING NOTIFICATIONTIPP 24 LOTTO VERIFICATION FORM AND GET BACK TO ME


Tipp 24 Lotto
Falkenried-Piazza
Straßenbahnring 11-13
20251 Hamburg.


Ref: BTD/547434/07
Batch: 7144968
www.tipp24.de








Attn: Winner,

I am Agent Isaac Case, I have been assigned by Tipp 24 Lotto Board Germany to process your payment file. I wish to Congratulate you on your winnings.The winning informations presented by you has been verified.


To continue and Claim your prize please proceed and fill the verification form below and send it back to me. Note, you should not respond to any other mail winning notification from another agent you are advice to disregard them to prevent double application.

This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of instructions relating to the payment of your lottery winnings of 500,000.00 Euro (Five Hundred Thousand Euro)

Please complete the form below with correct information and email back to us with a return email so that we can have a precise and comprehensive record of our winners.


To proceed with your claims, you would be required to fill the Verification Form below completely and return back to us immediately.

THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARY OF THE STATED FUND, FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER.

BENEFICIARY FIRST NAME......................


BENEFICIARY LAST NAME......................
NATIONALITY...................................
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.........................


DATE OF BIRTH................................
SEX...............................................
TEL. NUMBER....................................

FAX NUMBER.....................................
EMAIL ADDRESS.................................


AMOUNT WON...................................
BATCH NUMBER: 7144968


REFERENCE Nº: BTD/547434/07
OCCUPATION.....................................


MARITAL STATUS...............................

DECLARATION:

I..........................................................HEREBY
DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. THAT MY CLAIMS AGENT SHALL ACT AS A FACILITATOR IN THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME.

DATE...........................................
(YOUR FULLNAMES)...........................



Congratulations once again from the entire staff of the Tipp 24 Lotto Board.

Mr Isaac Case
Tipp 24 Lotto Department
Head Winning Claims Dept.
Email: tipp24lotto@yahoo.de
Phone:- +44 704 571 7099









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