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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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!

Fraud email example:

From: dary wilson <dary67-wi9kmazq@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:55:21 +0000
Subject: PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION.




INTERCONTINENTALLOTTERY SA.#265 FERIGRAN STREET, PRETORIAEAST, PRETORIA, 0002 - SOUTH AFRICA.FROM THE DIRECTOR, PRIZE AWARDDEPARTMENT.
LUCKYNUMBERS: 06, 13, 26,33,43,46.REFNUMBERS: INL-PF23-711W-9BATCHNUMBERS: 46-184-WAN.SERIAL NUMBERS: 215-18 DRAW.

PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you from INTERCONTINENTALLOTTERY SA. Of theannouncement today, 20th Aug 2007 as one of the lucky winners of TheINTERCONTINENTALLOTTERY SA. Draws held on the 17th of Aug 2007 as partof our e-business promotional draws end. Participants in the draws wereselected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 emailaddresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,Australia, Europe, and Middle East, as part of our electronic BusinessPromotions Program. You qualified for the draw as a result of yourvisiting various websites we are running the Electronic-businesspromotions for. You/Your Company email address, attached with REFERENCENUMBER: INL-PF23-711W-9, BATCH NUMBER: 46-184-WAN with serial Number215-18 drew the lucky numbers 06, 13, 26,33,43,46. And consequently wonthe October 2006 draw. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$1,500,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for Firstcategory winners. This is from the total prize money of US$10,500,000.00shared among the seven winners in the First category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your winnings should be claimed from our paying Agents. (INL FINANCELIMITED) As we have notified them. Due to the mix that may arise fromemails of winners and numbers we ask that you keep this award strictlyfrom public notice until your claim has been processed and your moneyremitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid doubleclaiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hopewith a part of your prize, you will participate in our third quarter ofyear (2007) high stakes US$1.1 billion International Lottery. To beginyour claim, please contact our paying agent who also will be your claimagent immediately:

MR DARY WILSON.MANAGER BROKERAGE SERVICE.INL FINANCE LIMITED.Email: darywilson@sify.comTEL: 27-730-928-958.FAX: 27-11-507-6520.
For due processing and remittance of your prize money, remember you mustcontact your claim agent not later than 26th of Aug 2007 after thisdate, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, pleaseremember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in everyone of your correspondences with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER:INL-PF23-711W-9, BATCH NUMBER: 46-184-WAN.
Also to begin your Claim sends to your claims agent the followinginformation by email.

1) YOUR BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS2) AMOUNT WON.3) YOUR FULL NAME.4) YOUR ADDRESS.5) A COPY OF YOUR ID (PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LISCENCE).6) CONTACT DETAILS, (MOBILE PHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER).7) SERIAL NUMBERS.8) OCCUPATION.9) AGE.10) DATE.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being partof our promotions program.Sincerely,MRS. SUSAN M. LABO.THE DIRECTOR PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.#265 FERIGRAN STREET, PRETORIA EAST,PRETORIA, 0002 - SOUTH AFRICA.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will resultto disqualification.
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