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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:
  • "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")
  • ",000,000" (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)
• 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 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.
  • reply.emailrevmarkdonald@walla.com
  • revmarkdonald@walla.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: fifa vodafone <allfifaclubs20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <revmarkdonald@walla.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:42:54 +0100
Subject: FIFA VODAFONE DRAW YOU HAVE WON TWO MILLION GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS



FIFA VODAFONE LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
Date 4/5/2007
Ref: 475061725Batch: 7056490902/188Winning No: GB8701/LPRCCONGRATULATIONSVodaFone FIFA 2007 Lottery Bonanza
REPLY.EMAILREVMARKDONALD@WALLA.COM
Dear munna
The Lucky Winner

VODAFONE ONLINE PROMO INTERNATIONALIn Conjunction with The National OrganizingCommitte of the 2007 FIFA World Cup.FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft 2007organisationskomitee Deutschlandkoniginstrabe 23,80539 Munchen. From: The Desk Of the Promotions Manager,VODAFONE ONLINE PROMO INTERNATIONAL: Prize Awards DepartmentReference:FL/668530092 Batch:7056490902/188We gladly wish to inform you of the draws of the VODAFONE ONLINE PROMO INTERNATIONAL in conjunction with the National Organizing Committee of the 2007 FIFA World Cup held on the 15TH of November 2006 in MunichGermany.You along with 187 others were selected winners under draws 6+J in our monthly program which will feature as run up to the games next year when you will be due for the final Grand draw. However your e-mail address attached to ticket number 508-7895-4456-224 with serial numbers 5223-54 drew the lucky numbers 16-43-85-33-15-73 and consequently won the lottery in the 2ndcategory.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Be informed that all participants in this Vodafone promotion program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000 companies and 50,000,000 individual e-mail addresses.This Vodafone promotion is Organized by the host country in collaboration with FIFA. Funds for the draws have been contributed by the major sponsors of the games which includes: Adiddas, Hyundai, FujiFilm, MasterCard, Gillette, Cocacola, Emirates Air,Continental, Toshiba, Mcdonalds and a host of others.Due to the computer mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.Also find all other relevant Vodafone promotion Information below:Ref No: 475061725Batch No: 7056490902/188Zonal Draw No:? IMSA2-040Grand Draw No: 14219You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of two million great britian Pounds (2,000.000.00 ) in cash credited to file No:LP/26510460037/02.
For due Processing and remittance of your prize money,remember that you must contact your claim Agent on or before 19 of OCTOBER 2007.After this date,all funds will be returned as unclaimed.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

PLEASE REPLY THIS EMAIL CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
send your telephone and ressidential address, your batch number, refrence number zonal draw number to:
Rev Mark Donald EMAIL:( REVMARKDONALD@WALLA.COM )
HE WILL FURNISH YOU WITH THE CLIAM REQUIREMENTS

You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate theprocessing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the release of your winnings.1. Full Names________________________2. Residential Address________________________3. Phone Number:________________________4. Fax Number_____________________________
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to Quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences.Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our Promotions program.

Please quote your reference,batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons,we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid doubleclaiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel
Best
RegardsMr Bright Klinton(For co-ordinator)

N.B:YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW SIXTEEN YEARS(16) OF AGE.

BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.





THANKS:
MANAGEMENT,FIFA VODAFONE 2007 WORLD CUP LOTTERY INC.
Past winners round the world with full of excitment
LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;VODAFONE MANAGMENT.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFTCORPORATION AFRICA,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFTCORPORATION
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