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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")
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • +447045719319 (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.
  • validationoffice@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lotteryonlinenotice.02@comcast.net (CONTACT GREG COOKER)
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:46:22 +0000
Subject: Winning Notification From World Wide Internet Technology Companies, Contact Barr.Owen Green For Claims Process.

WORLD WIDE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY,
Euro Asia Lottery,
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Daily Draw results
Draw date: 24/09/2007.
Winning numbers: 3, 9, 12, 13, 20, 43, Bonus 07.

WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR USING THE INTERNET 2007.

I am pleased to inform you that one of the best things that can happen
to any Internet user is to be rewarded for spending money and time on
the Internet. You may not have known that over one hundred billion
people daily surf the Internet on regular basis for one reason or
other. These Internet users including yourself, pay access fees to
various InternetService Providers (ISP) all over the word who in turn
remit surplus funds to the numerous World Wide Internet Technology
Companies (WWITC) for the development and advancement of Global
Information Technology.So much money is generated from people like
you all over the World for using the Information Superhighway (the
Internet)
without your being aware the enormous sum that go to the stake holders
(WWITC).
Without your patronage, this would not have been possible. After we
conducted a
research on the issue, we concluded that Internet users shou ld be
compensated.

As a result, we embarked on a worldwide euro asia lottery promotion
with a sophisticated automated database to randomly select E-mail
accounts
that frequently surf the Internet. Consequent upon this, your E-mail
address was picked for Category "A" Winners.After the automated
computer ballot, your E-mail address emerged as a winner in the
category "A" withthe following numbers attached Winning number: 3,
9,12, 13, 20, 43, Bonus 07., Batch: 074/05/ZY369,Ref: UK/9420X2/68
You and other category "A" winners are therefore to receive a cash
prize of EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS
[£850,000.00]. respectively.

"A" winners. Your prize award has been insured with your E-mail
address,which qualified you for the lottery and will be transferred to
you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations,verifications,
validations and satisfactory proof of E-mail address
ownership. To file in for t he processing of your money, you are
advised to contact our certified and accredited claims agent for
category "A"
winners with the information below: Our European agent will immediately
commence the processing to facilitate the release of your funds as soon
as you contact Bar.Owen Green.To file for your claim, and contact our
Fiduciary Agent forVALIDATION.
****************************************************************
BARR. OWEN GREEN.
Telephone: +44-7045719319[Hot Line]
+44-7031931601
E-mail : validationoffice@myway.com

************************************************************************

PLEASE FILL BELOW YOUR DETAILS/ PERSONAL DATA AND SEND IT TO OUR CLAIMS
AGENT

FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS:
City:
State:
Postcode:
Country:
Contact Address:
SEX:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
Annual Income:
Batch No:
Ref Number:
Religion:
TelNo:
FaxNo:
AmountWon:
Winning Email ID:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days, thereafter
unclaimed funds would be forfeited after a trio repeated forwarding of
this message to you without your response. Remember to quote your
reference information in all correspondence. (Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Ref: UK/9420X2/68 ), Winning No: 3, 9, 12, 13, 20, 43, Bonus 07.
You are to keep all lottoinformation confidential, especially your
reference numbers and the password of your E-mail address. Since we do
not know you, if an impostor hacks your E-mail account ID and claims
your money without our knowledge, we shall not be liable. Double claims
will not be entertained so be careful. Furthermore, should
there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from me and members staff of World Wide Web
Euro Asia lottery.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Rose Carl.
Online coordinator
World Wide Web lottery International Program.

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