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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")
• 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.
  • +447011150503 (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.
  • authorisedclaimsagent07@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sharon Cole <cole4sharon@yahoo.de>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:23:54 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: DEAR INTERNET USER


SWISS LOTTO UK.
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
https://www.swisslotto.ch

DEAR Diederich Kalb


You have have been awarded ¤1,750,000 Euros in the SWISS-LOTTO
Satellite
software email lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked Randomly by
software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website.
Your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the SWISS
LOTTO Satellite lottery. And this promo is proudly sponsored by the
SWISS-LOTTO UK organization.
You can log on to our website for more information concerning our
entire lottery promo https://www.swisslotto.ch .
Your email address,attached to Ref number 5, 7, 14, 17,18, 43 with
Serial number 1979-12 drew the lucky Numbers 10, and consequently won
thelottery in the "A" Category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ¤1,750,000
Euros Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
EuropeanBooklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your
play
coupon.
In View of this, your ¤1,750,000 Euros will be released to you by our
security firm in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence
theprocess to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact
them.
All participants Were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw System and extracted from over 300,000 companies
and individual email addresses.
This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem
fit to Claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to
avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements.
To file in for the processing of your money, you are advised to contact our certified and accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information below:

CLAIMS AGENT.
Name: Mr. Eric Ward
Phone: +44-70-1115-0503
Email: authorisedclaimsagent07@yahoo.de
You will provide him with the following information:
1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Draw Number above:
This information facilitate the due process of the release of winnings
avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your
winnings. Always remember to quote your Reference / serial number in
any correspondences with us or our Designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of This program
and Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Yours faithfully,
Sharon Cole
International Coordinator for SWISS LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Promotions Program
https://www.swisslotto.ch
N:B - PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL CORRESPONDENT WILL BE TEMPORARILY BE VIA
EMAIL UNTIL 24 HOURS BEFORE PAY-OUT THEN YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA
TELEPHONE



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