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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")
  • ",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.
  • tripled_claimsdept@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: tagged claims dept <claims_tagged38@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:12:32 +0000
Subject: Confirm delivery report


THE RIDGE WAY UNITED KINGDOMFROM: TRIPLE MEMBERS AWARD DEPT.REF: 639/898/002BATCH: 430456543-DD23DATE: 13/09/2007

RE: EMAIL WINNING CONFIRMATION NOTICE.

We are glad to inform you that your E-mail address appears as the confirmed Winner of our last TRIPLE email lottery program held on the 31ST OF AUGUST 2007. Your e-mail address attached to winning ticket number 278541465006-4872 with Serial number 1772-554 drew lucky numbers 7-12-18-24-32-45, which Consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved For a lump sum payment of $5,500,000.00. Five Million and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (USA).CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This promotional program takes place every year. All participants were selected through a computer ball system drawn from over 100,000 companies and 50,000,000 individual TRIPLE MEMBERS and names from all over the world. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. We ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. Remember all winnings must be claimed not later than 20 working days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. To file for your claim or for further details, please contact our Claims Agent Mr James Peters at tripled_claimsdept@yahoo.com.hk .In respect of our commitments towards helping the less privilege, we ask that you voluntarily contribute 1% of your TRIPLE winnings to any charity organization you desire at your convenience. Congratulations once more from our members of staff.Mrs. Alice BehrensGlobal Winning co-ordinator.

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of Confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Any lottery double claim detected by our monitoring committee will lead to the Spanish Universal Promo lottery cancelling the winnings,making a loss for both the real winner, and the fake(intended) claimer.

WARNING!!! ANY MAIL RECEIVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY KIND OF TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD BE FORWARD TO THIS BOX IMMEDIATELY THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT SCAM AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS .THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.
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