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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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "million british 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 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.
  • superlottocompany@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • super.lottocompany@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Super Lotto <super.lottocompany@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: superlottocompany@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:34:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: COMGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON ONE MILLION BRITISH POUND'S


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Congratulations !!! Congratulations !!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of SUPER Lotto
Program.Super Lotto-GmbH draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of
individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer ballot search from the internet
as part of our international promotions program which we conduct every year.No tickets
were sold.After this automated computer ballot,your e-mail address attached to serial number 06-3434 drew the lucky
numbers 7-17-21-26-37-42 which consequently emerged you as one of first fifty (50)lucky winners in this
category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of |1,000,000.00(One
Million EURO) in cash credited to file SL/06-GmbH/4009. This is from a total cash prize of|50 Million Euro shared
amongst the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.
This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for Sachsen Lotto-GmbH.The estimated |50 million jackpot
would be the sixth-biggest in Europe history.The biggest was the |363 million jackpot that went to two winners in a....

Febuary 2000 drawing of The Big Game Mega Millions'predecessor.
Your fund is now deposited in an offshore bank with a hardcover insurance.Due to the mix up of some numbers and
names, we advice that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to your nominated bank account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by the general public.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in London. In
view of this, your |1,000,000.00 (One Million British Pounds)would be released to you by our affiliate bank in Europe. Our
agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as
soon as you makecontact with him.To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent assigned to you:

Mr.Edwin Carly
superlottocompany@gmail.com

Your claims agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds into your designated bank account, and you have to fill in this space's immediately so that you secure your prize nd fund immediatel...

1.Your Full Name..................................
2.Your Full Home Address:.............................
3.Your Age..............................................
4.Your Marital status................................
5.Your Occupation....................................
6.Your position hold...................................
7.Your Phone no;......................................
8.Your fax number.....................................
9.Your Passport/Identity number........................



Note: That all prize funds must be claimed not later than 3 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: SL/M 23/ 047 and Batch numbers: SL/W 54/6 DNQ in every correspondence with your agent.

Furthermore,should there be any change in your address, do inform your claims agent as
soon as possible.
Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thanks for being part of our promotions program.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Kern Smith
super.lottocompany@yahoo.com


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