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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 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.
  • +447045744125 (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.
  • gnldclaimsdepartment@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • gnldclaimsdepartment@interia.pl

Fraud email example:

From: GNLD LOTTERY AWARD <gnldlotteryaward@gnldorganization.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:53:01 -0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE A WINNER OF THE GNLD LOTTERY AWARD.




Golden Neo Life Diamite (GNLD)A Better Way Of LifePeople Empowering PeopleGNLD INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD


HEAD OFFICEUNITED KINGDOM4 More London RiversideLondon SE1 2AU















Winning Numbers






94

1

2

17

43

52





CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Batch No........ GNLD/NU543GY852Ref No............ GNLD/GY901KJ540Winning No.....GNLD/94-1- 2-17-43-52Dear Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS($650,000.00) credited to file GNLD/W0254674679BQ, for the Month of OCTOBER 2007 being the Lottery promotion which was organized by GOLDEN NEO LIFE DIAMITE LOTTERY INC (GNLD)
GOLDEN NEO LIFE DIAMITE LOTTERY INC (GNLD), collects all the email addresses of the people that are using electonic mails among the millions that subscribed to Yahoomail, Hotmail, Aol, Earthlink, Comcast, Gmail, Myway, ETC. we only select Five (5) people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner participating for it, we congratulate you for being one of our lucky winner in this Month
OUR PRODUCTS






GNLD It comes as no surprise that a 48 year old company would have a very seasoned team of field leadership as well. Solid field leadership is the life blood to any successful company, at GNLD our field leaders have helped countless thousands of individuals build successful businesses, many of those businesses are providing a better way of life by providing this Lottery programme to the priviledge which is a way of helping the individuals.

In the area of Health, we empower people with knowledge and scientifically proven products to maximize your potential for lifelong health.
In the area of Financial Independence, we empower people by providing them this lottery programme inorder to breakdown financial diseases.



These numbers fall within the European Winning Coupon, you are requested to contact our CLAIMS OFFICE in United Kingdom using these contact information below. For more information on how you can claim your winning prize (money),send your winning identification numbers to them.
GNLD CLAIMS/PROCESSING OFFICE CONTACT INFORMATION


Claims/Processing Officer's Name:Mr. Gerald Martins
Emerald Director / DistributorDistributor ID No. A1983MTelephone Number: +44-704-574-4125Fax Number:+44-700-600-7756
Contact :gnldclaimsdepartment@yahoo.co.uk & </DIV gnldclaimsdepartment@interia.pl


You can also place a call to the processing officer for further clarifications on the release of your winning prize.



You are therefore advise to send the following information to the Prize Processing office in United Kingdom for them to facilitate and process your prize release to you.Make sure you follow all guidelines and procedures given to you by this office.
1. Your Full Names...........................................2. Country........................................................3. State .....................................................4. Contact Address.......................................5. Home Tele No........................................6. Mobile No ........................................7. Marital Status.......................................8. Gender .................................................9. Occupation...........................................10. Age......................................................11.Date of Birth .......................................12.Religion .............................................13.E-mail ..............................................14 Amount Won ..............15. Batch no ..........................................16. Reff. No ............................................17. Winning No. .....................................18. Annual income .................................19. Distributor's ID .......................

Choose from the Two Afforementioned mode of payment below:
1)Bank Wire Transfer
2)Cheque Home Delivery

NOTE: YOU ARE TO SCAN A COPE OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENCE AND SEND IT TO OUR PRIZE CLAIMS PROCESSING OFFICE WHICH IS INCHARGE OF YOUR FILE FOR THE PROCESSING AND RELEASING OF YOUR LOTTERY AWARD (AMOUNT OF $650,000.00) WHICH WERE APROVE TO RELEASE TO YOU.CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAINYours In ServiceMr. Jerry Brassfield GNLD Founder


People Empowering People © Copyright 2007, GNLD International, LLC. All rights reserved United Kingdom Chapter
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