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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (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)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • kate_paddy2@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?BARR.(MRS).PAUL_JONES?=" <info.mail14@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 21:31:13 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS!!!?=



HOME OFFICE: 28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON Customer Service
REFERENCE NUMBER:BTL/491OXI/04
BATCH NUMBER:12/25/0304
TICKET NUMBER: 564 75600545-188

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

CONTACT THIS MAIL:kate_paddy2@yahoo.com

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of the result of the E-mail address ballot lottery draws of the British online lottery programme,which took place Recently. This is a computer generated lottery of Internet users, using e-mail addresses for draws.
This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web sites. Your e-mail address which is attached to ticket number: 564 7560054188,

with Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball

number which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category Draw.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,500,000.00 Great British Pounds. in cash credit file ref:BTL/491OXI/04.

This was Organized randomly through a computer balloting system drawn from over Nine hundred million E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia , Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions programme which is conducted annually.This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by conglomerates of Multinational companies, as part of their social responsibilities for the benefit of the populace accross the globe, where they have operational bases.


Further more we hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for $5 Million.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact our claims agent,
Mr.ALLAN GRAY OF SWIFT COURIER LIMITED,
email: kate_paddy2@yahoo.com
Tel:+44704577928
Fax: +44704576237

FULL NAME..................................................
ADDRESS...................................................
SEX.........................
AGE...................................
NATIONALITY............................................
OCCUPATION............................................
TELEPHONE...........................................
EMAIL..................................................
DATE.......................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO............................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.

Please quote your reference,batch number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full names,
address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.For security reasons,
we advice all winners to keep this information confidential (VERY SECRET) from the public,friends and relatives until your claim is processed and your prize money remitted/released to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements,equally to guard against unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of the informations at their disposal.



REMEMBER, ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALL FUNDS NOT CLAIMED BEFORE TWO WEEKS WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND WOULD BE DONATED TO ANY CHARITY ORGANIZATION OF OUR CHOICE.
NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS AND YOUR SECURITY CODE OF MSW/0023/XX07 IN ALL CORRESPONDENCES WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER.


CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF THE BRITISH ONLINE LOTTERY ORGANIZATION, TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE GOES TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.


BARR.(MRS).PAUL JONES
(Co-coordinator).
Past winners.



PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT

kate_paddy2@yahoo.com
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.





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