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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",500,000" (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)
• 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.
  • +447031947288 (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.
  • executive_home_2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Promotions Manager <lotter_manager_2007@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <executive_home_2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 04:40:53 -0700
Subject: END OF YEAR WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!



FROM:THE DESK OF THE AWARDS MANAGER,
UK WEB LOTTERY PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT.

DEAR USER,

We are pleased to inform you of the
announcement
today, 24TH OCTOBER 2007, of winners of the UK WEB
LOTTERY,
held on 29TH SEPTEMBER 2007 as part of our
promotional draws.Participants
were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 3,500,000
email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America,
Asia,Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East,
and New Zealand as part of our
electronic business
Promotion Program. You qualified for the draw as
a
result of you visiting Various websites we are running
the
Electronic-business promotions for.

You/Your Company, attached with
REFERENCE NUMBER:
GPLS-ZR45-732P-9 BATCH NUMBER: 89-327-ZAN with
serial
number 730-10 drew the lucky numbers 9, 13, 18, 26,
34, 52, 89, and
consequently won in the Second
Category.You have therefore been approved for
a lump
sum payout of US$1,850,000.00 in cash, which is the
winning payout
for Second category winners. This is
from the total prize money of
US$12,950,000.00 shared
among the Seven international winners in the
Second
category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now
deposited with the EXECUTIVE HOME
FINANCE COMPANY. Due to the mix up of some
numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from
public
notice until your claim has been processed and
your money remitted to your
account.This is part of
our security protocol to avoid doubl claiming
or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.To
begin your claim,
please contact your claim agent
immediately;

MR.TODD
SMITH,
MANAGER FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
EXECUTIVE HOME FINANCE
COMPANY.
CHESHIRE.LONDON.UNITED
KINGDOM.
TEL:+44-7031-947-288.
EMAIL:executive_home_2007@yahoo.co.uk



For due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a
designated account of your choice. Remember, you
must contact your claim
agent not later than 1ST
OCTOBER 2007. After this date, all funds will
be
returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers
provided
below in every one of your correspondences with your
claims
agent.REFERENCE NUMBER: GPLS-ZR45-732P-9 BATCH
NUMBER:
89-327-ZAN

Congratulations once again and thank you for being
part of
our promotions program.
Sincerely,

THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
UK WEB LOTTERY.LONDON.

N.B. Any breach
of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail. Contact your claims
agent.





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