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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:
  • "fiduciary 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!
• 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.
  • agentmarkdavidson@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ab raymohd <ray2good4bad@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:19:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: congratulation


i THE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL SEASONAL PROMOTION
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of UK Annual Promo.
However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and
privacy.Ref:KTU/9023118308/03
After this automated computer ballot,
your e-mail address emerged as one of ten winners in the lst category
for the second prize with the following data:You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of £590,983 00 each from the total payout.
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory
obligations, verifications,validations and satisfactory report.To
begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to
contact our licensed and accredited claims agent/security company for lst category winners with the information below: You are also advised to give the following informations to the claim's agent via email
CLAIMS PROCESSING FORM(SEND TO THIS
EMAIL).
Full Name:
Sex ;
Office/Resident ;
Address:
Telephone;
Mobile.
Fax:
Occupation:
Date of Birth.;
Nationality:.;
Country:
Winner's E-mail:;

ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS,FROM ME AND THE STAFF OF THIS PROMO.
FIDUCIARY AGENT
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS:
agentmarkdavidson@yahoo.co.uk

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a
case
of double claims will not be entertained).
Thank you and congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Mark Davidson
Online Co-ordinator.


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