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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • mrwilliamster@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • williampedro@mailbox.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AWARDTEAM AWARDTEAM" <awardteamx@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 14:12:11 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION:


  FROM THE DESK OF PROMOTIONAL CO-ORDINATOR BRITISH
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE LUCKY PROGRAM (LOTTO900) 
==============================================================
CONGRATULATIONS!
  You Have Just Won £820,000.00
Eight Hundred And Twenty Thousand British Pounds 
  CALL OUR CLAIM AGENT NOW TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE
MR. WILLIAM PEDRO Tel:  + 27-83 361
9933 Fax: + 27-86 668 7737 CALL
24HRS, 7 DAYS A WEEK, INCLUDING SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS OR
Email
mrwilliamster@webmail.co.za,  williampedro@mailbox.co.za

==================================================================================================================
From: Mrs. Theresa Allan. United
Kingdom Lottery E-Sweepstake Internet Promotion Award.
The Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England Customer Service:
500 BITL 88933
http://www.camelotgroup.co.uk Ref
No:    AUL-474061725/06 Batch No:
7056490902/188 Draw No: LOTTO900-2553
Winner No 5
Dear Winner, YOU'RE A GUARANTEED WINNER
OF £820,000.00 ==================================


We are pleased to inform you of the final
announcement that you are one of our first quarter winner of the UNITED
KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM HELD IN APRIL 2008.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
B956475604545 188 with serial number 97560 drew the winning:
01/03/22/32/38/44/ Bonus No 9 which you subsequently won the lottery in the
2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim
a total sum of £820,000.00 (Eight Hundred And Twenty Thousand British
Pounds) credited to file Number KPC/9080118308/06. Please note that your
lucky winning number falls within our Afro Booklet Representative office in
Southern African region as indicated in your coupon, in view of this, your
â&sbquo;¤820,000.00 would be released to you by any of our
offshore payment banks in Southern Africa or England.

Our accredited agent will
immediately commence processing the release of your prize as soon as you
contact our claim agent Mr. William Pedro. All participants e-mail
addresses were selected "randomly" from World Wide Web site (Microsoft
Powered) through our Computerized Email Selection System (CESS) encryption
technology and extracted from over 120,000,000,00 companies, Government
agencies, charity homes, co-operate bodies and individuals email addresses
from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and
Oceania,This promotion takes place annually.

For security reasons , due to mix up of
some emails we advise you to keep your winning information confidential
from public notice until your claims is processed and your money remitted
to you. This is part of our precautionary measures to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by the unscrupulous persons as it has
happened in the past. "PLEASE BE WARNED".

Your winning prize is insured in your name under
an Insurance company. Be informed that this promotion aimed at internet
globalization for academic and business pursuits  to promote music,
theatre, art, literature and projects in the social and political arena
with a focus on health, as well as science, research, and higher
education thereby empowering internet literacy against monopoly.

To file for your claim, contact our agent in Southern
Africa Region where your lucky winning number falls immediately you read
this message via telephone, fax or email address with required
informationâ€&trade;s bellow  

=================================================================================================
Ref No:AUL-474061725/06
Batch No: 7056490902/188
Draw No:Draw No: LOTTO900-2553
Lucky No:01/03/22/32/38/44/ Bonus No 9
YOUR FULL NAME: YOUR AGE:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
YOUR PERMANENT ADDRESS:
SEX STATUS:
COUNTRY : CITY: POSTAL CODE:
FAX: TELEPHONE: WINNING
EMAIL: AMOUNT WON: PROOF OF
IDENTIFICATION,ID OR PASSPORT: Send all the Required
details to our claim agent in Southern Africa Region for your claim.
Name : Mr. William Pedro  E-mail: 
mrwilliamster@webmail.co.za E-mail: 
williampedro@mailbox.co.za
Oversea Subscribers Agent (OSA) Address: Block E, 2nd
Floor Mapungubwe Building No 77 Mentis Street Sunnyside
Johannesburg South Africa.   

================================================================================================
Please Note: All winning prize must be claimed withing
the valid date failing to claim before or on the valid date all unclaimed
winning prize will be forfeited. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications , please quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with your accredited agent. Furthermore, should there be
any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from all the members and staffs of the British
International Lottery and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.
Best wishes,       
MR. GRAHAM SOPEL Promotional Manager.  All rights
reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines    
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     100860 8556 2548 9576AULB ©1999-2006 by
AULB
    

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