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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "fudiciary" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "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)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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 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.
  • alexedward@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sean Boylan <sean_boylan1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <alexedward@webmail.co.za>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:13:05 +0200
Subject: Congratulation!!!



THE COCA COLA COMPANYPROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPTCOCA COLA AVENUE STANFORD BRIDGE LONDONSW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the 10th Of June 2006 by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the. British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won a lump sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($2,500,000.00) each on THE COCA\'COLA COMPANY PROMOTIONS. However the results were released on the 29th of June 2006 and your email was attached to ticket number (CC/ 7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (CC/BT:12052006/20) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However,no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery and it is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public. In other to claim your prize winning which has been deposited to customised Courier and Security Company who has been to deliver it to your designated contact address.Above all,you are required to fill out the Claims Verification form below and send it to the Fiduciary Agent Of THE COCA COLA COMPANY for verification and processing who is going to reffer you to the Courier Company for delivery.
1.Name............................2.Address.........................3.Age...............................4.Sex...............................5.Occupation....................6.Country Of Resident.......7.Nationality......................8.Tel/Fax........................... Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our Fudiciary Agent through email or fax for Verification and Remittance Of your Winning To your designated Address.PAST WINNERS IN COCA-COLA ONLINE PROMOTIONS!!! You are therefore advised to contact our Fudiciary Agent for the Verification And Remittance Of Your Winning with Your Information and do remember to quote your Ticket Numbers And Ballot Numbers.
Mr.Alex Edward(Claim Agent)E-mail:alexedward@webmail.co.za We On Behalf of the staff And Members Of the COCA COLA COMPANIES Congratulates and therefore advised you to keep your winning information confidential and restrict from third Party to avoid double or false claims of your winning. OFFICIAL SPONSORS:
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Mr. Sean Boylan All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline 7635 476378 255667460
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