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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 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)
  • "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.
  • joe.revben@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • webexclaimsoffice@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "WEBEX LOTTO INC" <INCwebexclaimsoffice@luckymail.com>
Reply-To: joe.revben@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:33:47 -0000
Subject: Hello Lucky Winner,



--
WEBex INCORPORATION LOTTERY.

678 NIN NAMARAL STRAATWEG 5009 GL.MELBOURNE



WINNER NO: 5



ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING



NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER



DATE:28/7/2008.



Ref:4758961725



Batch No:70564943902/188



Winning no: FGNGB2701/LPRC



CONGRATULATIONS



Hello Lucky Winner,



We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 28th July, 2008
from the WEBex INCORPORATION LOTTERY program.


Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail
addresses , your name was attached to ticket number 47061725 serial number
07056490902 batch number 7741137002.



This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,
which consequently won the lottery in the second category.



You hereby have been approved a lump sum of $250,000.00(US DOLLARS) in cash
credit file ref ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of $2,000,000.00(US
DOLLARS)shared amongst lucky winners in
this category.



All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from
Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia, United
state,Europe,Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international
promotions program which is conducted annually.This Lottery was promoted and
sponsored by conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their
social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have
operational base.We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes for $1.3 Billion(US DOLLARS) international draw.



HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial agent,
Name:Rev.Ben Joe
Email Address:joe.revben@yahoo.com



Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on
the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address
and telephone number as to help us locate your file easily.For security
reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the
public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this program by non-participants or unofficial personnel.

Note: All winnings MUST be claimed on or before the 30th of July 2008.

Otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to
charity .

Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of Webex
LOTTERY Cooperation to all our lucky winners this year.



Thank you for being a part of this promotional lottery program.



Yours Faithfully,
co-ordinator.



PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT:webexclaimsoffice@rocketmail.com


BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNER WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.

THANKS:MANAGEMENT,
WEBex INCORPORATION LOTTERY.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam