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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (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.
  • +447045734716 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Emirate Promo <infodept03@emiratesnotification.com>
Reply-To: <funds-remittancedept@emiratesnotification.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 04:05:42 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FELICITATION!!_WINNER!!_=A3420.000.00_?=




EMIRATES ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!EMIRATESONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERYIS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;(Registration Z720633X). EMIRATE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERYCustomer ServiceRef: UK/00002/YH/68Batch #: 032/11/3698th October, 2007PRIZE AND AWARD NOTIFICATIONWe are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners ofthe MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on the 29thSeptember, 2007.Your personal e-mail address, was attached to Ticket NumberUK/000056389,with serial number 4398/05, drew the lucky Winning Numbers(03,15,21,22,36,47), and consequently won the lottery in the 2ndcategory.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of £420,000.00Pounds in cash credited to file UK/YH/5674325/05, Batch #:032/11/369.This is from a total prize money of £10,500,000.00 Poundsshared among the twenty five (25) international winners in this category. To file foryour claim, contact our claims agent below with the following information.Mr. Kelly BrownEmail: funds-remittancedept@emiratesnotification.comTel : +44 7045734716, +44 7045730014FULL NAMES :.........................................CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................CITY/STATE:.......................................COUNTRY:..........................................NATIONALITY:......................................SEX:.......................AGE:...................MARITAL STATUS...................................TEL NO:...........................................NEXT OF KIN:......................................OCCUPATION:....................................AMOUNT WON:.......................................REFERENCE NO:................BATCH NO:..............LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO..............SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:..........Please note the following :1. All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.2. Your Reference number must be in all your mails with the claimsofficer.3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.4. Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.This international promotion is proudly sponsored by Yahoo! Inc. toencourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide. We are proudto say that over 50 Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150countries worldwide.Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this programand thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.Yours faithfully,SIR.HENRY WALTERONLINE CO-ORDINATOR

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