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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")
  • ",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)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447031906805 (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.
  • t_feducmanagers@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • t_feducmanager@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UNITED KINGDOM PROMOTION AWARD NATIONAL LOTTERY <uukinap7@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <t_feducmanagers@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 09:45:47 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION......CONGRATULATION........CONTACT THOMAS FEDD FOR
YOUR CLAIM









THE COCA COLA COMPANY
AND BRITISH AMERICAN
TOBACCO WORLDWIDEPROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPTCOCA COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM


THE COCACOLA AND TOBACCO COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the 20TH,DECEMBER, 2007 by Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,500,000.00 each on the Coca-Cola Promotion dated as stated above.However the results were released today 9th, JANUARY, 2008, and your email attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (BT:12052006/20).
And payment shall be ending by 30th, JANUARY, 2008 so you are advice to claim your money before the stipulated date to avoid loosing your winning prize.

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 The International Association of Gambling Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.



For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential your claim 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. To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent:
Attached here is the claim verification and funds release form. You are expected to fill and submit to the Feduciary agent.

NAME:.....................................
BALLOT NO.............................
TICKET NO...........................AGE:........................................SEX:........................................ADDRESS:(RESIDENT ADDRESS ONLY)...............................EMAIL:....................................PHONE:...................................OCCUPATION:.........................COMPANY:..............................
ANNUAL INCOME....................
AMOUNT WON........................COUNTRY:...............................

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund and call the office immidiately.(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)

Name: Dr.THOMAS FEDD
E MAIL: t_feducmanagers@yahoo.co.uk
Alternative Email:t_feducmanager@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44-703-190-6805.


*Staff of Coca-Cola and the British American Tobacco Company are not to partake in this Lottery.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Your faithfully, Mr.Brain Marks.










Copyright © 2005-2006 The BritishAmerican tobacco and Coca Cola world award Lottery Inc.All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline!



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