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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:
  • "fudiciary" (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.
  • +447045703840 (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.
  • claimsagentjameskeegan1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FREE LOTTO ONLINE EMAIL PROMO <claimsagentjameskeegan1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:05:46 +0200
Subject: File For Claims!!!

  

  

 

==========================
FREELOTTO AFFILIATED OFFICE U.K,
82 VICTORIA STREET
VICTORIA LONDON SW1 U.K
====================
TEL:(+44)-704-570-3840

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the recent results of the FREELOTTO INTERNATIONAL EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 6th of October,2007. You were entered as dependent clients with: Reference Serial Number: F2-003-036 and Batch number FR/45-300-06. Your email address attached to the ticket number: 54-20-17-52-34-30 that draw the lucky winning number, which consequently won the Daily Jackpot in the first category,in four parts. You have been approved for a payment of £1,532,720 (One Million, Five Hundred And Thirty Two Thousand,Seven Hundred And Twenty Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to filereference number: TFR/9900034943/JPT. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associatons and co-oporate bodies that are listed online.

This email promotion takes place every month. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £1,532,720 (One Million, Five Hundred And Thirty Two Thousand,Seven Hundred And Twenty Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by our payment office in UK.. Our Fudiciary agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program, Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact your fudiciary agent immediately via the email below:

Mr. James Keegan.
(Freelotto Fiduciary Department )
82 Victoria Street Victoria London SW1 U.K
Email:claimsagentjameskeegan1@yahoo.co.uk

TEL:(+44)-704-570-3840

THE BENEFICIARY/OWNER OF THE WINNING EMAIL OF THE FUNDS SHOULD COMPLETE
 THIS CLAIMS FORM.

1.FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:---------------
 
2.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: -------------
 
3.DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:--------------
 
4.NATIONALITY:-----------
 
5. NAMES AND ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN:----------
 
6.SEX:---------------
 
7.MARITAL STATUS:---------------- 
 
8.OCCUPATION:-------------------
 
9.PHONE/FAX NUMBERS:--------------

10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL
 
11.AMOUNT WON:----------------

12.WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:-------------
 
13.BATCH NUMBER AND TICKET NUMBER :---------------

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The freelotto internet drew is held every month and is so
organized to encourage the use of the internet and computer worldwide.
We are proud to say that over 400 millions U.S Dollas are won annually
in more than 118 countries Worldwide.

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using
Free Lotto addresses, but are not from The Free Lotto.
PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO: Once again congratulations....
Cordially,

SIR GEORGE HARRIS
Online Co-ordinator
FREE LOTTO EMAIL PROMO
Sweepstakes International Program.

 

         

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