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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")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +31626625511 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • markt_agent@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Luis Brown" <mippaward@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:25:21 +0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL WON THIS PROMOTION PROGRAM,CONTACT YOUR AGENT FOR CLAIMS.

WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY

Attn Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you that you have emerged a winner in the annual
draw of our Lottery International Programs. Your email address was selected
by our Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) from an exclusive list of
250,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies generated
from an internet resource database.No tickets were sold.

Your email address is identified with Batch Number: 444821545-NL/2007 and
Ticket Number: PP 3812 /2007-07 in Category "A" and your claims portfolio
is filed with Ref Number:MARKT 80 ES 9414.You are therefore to receive a
cash prize of $2,500,000.00. (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) from the total payout

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

Your prize award has been insured under a bonded depository policy with
your e-mail address, and will be transferred to you upon meeting the claims
requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and
satisfactory report.

To file for the processing of your prize sum payment, you are advised to
contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category "A" winners
with
the information below:

*************************************
Name:Mr.David Cole
Phone:+31-626-625-511
Fax : +31-847-147-474.
Email:markt_agent@yahoo.com
*************************************

You are advice to provide him with the following information:

Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days, thereafter
unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your
reference
information in all correspondence.

You are to keep all lotto information confidential,especially your
reference and ticket numbers. This is important as a case of double claims
will not be entertained.

Members of staff of affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to
participate in this program. Furthermore, should there be any change of
address do inform
our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members
of
staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours Faithfully,
Luis Brown
Lottery Coordinator.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

1. Personal and winning data provided by winners to THIS PROMO remains
known ONLY to the winner and INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMS
ORGANISATION.

2a. All e-mail addresses, contact information, photographs and/or personal
data of winners SHALL NOT be published or disclosed on ANY public or in any
other
public place or via any medium accessible to the
public.
2b. All e-mail addresses, contact information, photographs and/or personal
data of winners SHALL NOT be disclosed to or made available to any third
party or
agent outside the claims office.

3. All e-mail addresses, contact information and/or personal data of
winners are kept in an isolated database server protected from any external
access using
SSL locking on 6th level binary pharse. This data is made accessible ONLY
to MARKT INTERNATIONAL CYBER LOTTERY staff and authorized agents
directly involved with the processing of winners claims.

4. Winners are advised to keep their winning information away from public
knowledge, in order to avoid any double claims, impersonation or
misrepresentation
during the claims process.MARKT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMS will not
be liable for any misplaced claims as a owing to your negligence
or publishing of your winning information.

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