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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:
  • "claims office" (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.
  • email-hw7217@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lucky day" <luckyday4@gala.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:46:22 +0200
Subject: MAIL from luckyday Inc....please keep your batch & ref number.......


Dear Winner,

(Batch # UML010/C2)
(Ref. # 428/77/UML)

20-07-2008

We are pleased to announce you one of the ten lucky winners in the lucky day
Lotto draw held on 18-07-2008 . All ten winning Addresses were randomly
selected from a batch of fifty thousand international Email addresses. Your
email address emerged alongside nine others as category two Winners in this
year's Annual lucky day Lotto Draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of ?
500,000.00 (five hundred thousand euros) only.

Contact the under listed claims officer via email as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings.

Mrs.Hellen Winwood

Complete Solutions Ltd

Email-hw7217@yahoo.com

NB:Your fund is currently deposited with the paying Bank.This is an irish
woman who won ,ihttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4730113.stm

Your ref and batch numbers as stated above, are the key to your
winning.Please keep it safe and handy as you make contact to claim your
prize.

Winners are advised also to keep this award confidential until prize are
claimed to avert the incidence of impersonation by unscrupulous elements.

Please note also that all claims are nullified after 30 working days from
today, 18-08-2008.

Once again on behalf of all our staff.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

Paul Green

Promotions Manager

The Lucky day Lotto Company

The Lucky day Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers,Mackintosh and a
Conglomeration of other international IT companies.

The Lucky day lotto Internet Draw is held once in a year.It is so organized
to encourage the use of The Internet and computers worldwide

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CONFIDENTIAL * This email is intended for and confidential to the named
recipient. If you have received a copy in error, please accept our apologies
and destroy it. You may not use or disclose the contents of this e-mail to
anyone,not take copies of it. The only copies permitted are to be made by
the named recipient and for the purpose of completing
successful electronic transmission to the named recipient and then only on
condition that these copies, with this notice attached, are keptconfidential
until destruction.
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Paul Green OBE DL PW George SD Masters AW Livesley SJ Pumfrey JM Calnan K
Larkman PM Hoddell BR Ballard KW Goddard DK Wybar PC Allen T Ogle DJ
Cammack MJ Hopkins DJ Wisbey SJ Loome CL Read TJ Seath Consultants: AH Frost
DL Colthorpe BDHC Ris -EA Peel Director of Finance: L Pisano Director of
Personnel: S Tarbin..

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