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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "irish lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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 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.
  • nthorne1960@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "IRISH PROMO." <triplane@ptd.net>
Reply-To: onlineclaimsconsultant@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:07:21 -0000
Subject: XMAS DRAWS.



--
11 G Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland .
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59

SUCCESS ALERT:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to announce to you the XMAS draw of the IRISH LOTTERY online
Program held on SATURDAY 1st DECEMBER 2007. Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 6525/05 and draw number 08
which emerged the Irish Lotto Plus 1 winner. You have therefore been approved
to claim a total sum of € 700,000.00 Euros (Seven hundred thousand Euros) in
cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/06 of Irish Lottery.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World
Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.This
promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in
your play coupon.In view of this, your €700,000.00 Euro would be released to
you by any of our payment offices in Europe(UK). To file for your claim,
please fill the claims and verification form below and send to our fiduciary
agent:

NICHOLAS THORNE
Attorney at Law
Email: nthorne1960@yahoo.co.uk

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM


1.FULL NAMES:

2.ADDRESS:

3.SEX:

4.AGE:

5.MARITAL STATUS:

6.OCCUPATION:

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:

9. DRAW NUMBER:

10.TICKET NUMBER:

11.SERIAL NUMBER:

12.AMOUNT WON:

13. STATE:

14. COUNTRY:

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork
can be prepared for you. Note that all prizes must be claimed not later than
two weeks. After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as
unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
endeavor to quote your Reference Number(LSUK/2031/8161/05) and Bach
Number(R3/A312-59)in every correspondence with your agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims
agent as soon as possible.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money
remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is
part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the IRISH LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

SIR JAMES TODD
Online Co-ordinator for IRISH LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE PROGRAMME.

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