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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")
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • +447045734735 (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.
  • morris_minnor1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: susan morgan <susan_morgan801@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 14:03:00 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE



DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDS DEPARTMENT UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTO CORPORATION. Date: 5/11/2007 Ref: Uk/9420x2/68 Batch: 704/05/zy369 Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21 AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE Attn: Winner, We are pleased to inform you of the lotto result winners of Uk National Lotto Programmes held on the 30th of SEPTEMBER 2007
from the Uk National Lotto programme. Which is fully based on an
electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses. Your name
was attached to ticket number; 675061725 9356460902 Serial Number 67749137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-23-35-46 bonus number 14, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You are here by having been approved a lump sum pay of GBP£1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING) in cash credit file ref: Uk/9420x2/68 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. Due
to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed
and your money remitted to your nominated bank. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this
programme by some participants. All participants where selected through
a computer/mail balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand
E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East,
Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program
which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by
a conglomerate of some multinational companies and also the United
Kingdom Government as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further
more your details (e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in London, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of GBP£1,000,000.00
will be released to you from our regional branch office. We hope with
part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes
for GBP£8.5 Million international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Contact our claims office under the London Payment Centre, where your winnings falls. Contact Person: Mr. Morris Minnor(RCA) Email: morris_minnor1@yahoo.co.UK Office Phone: +447045734735 TO FILE FOR CLAIM: Please quote your Date of draw, Reference Number, Batch Number and Winning Number,
which can be found on the top-left corner of this message. Also, you
should give in your telephone number to help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize has been released to you and also to the public. This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note: All winnings MUST be claimed before the 10th of NOVEMBER 2007; otherwise all funds will be forfeited. Congratulations once again on your winning! BEST REGARDS, MRS. SUSAN MORGAN. (LOTTERY COORDINATOR) PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT: morris_minnor1@yahoo.co.UK ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
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