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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:
  • "claim agent" (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)
• 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.
  • terryg00@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: umberto verecondi scortecci <uvsdc@yahoo.it>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:54:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: STATE LOTTERY WINNING ALERT. CONGRATULATIONS




Dear Sirs,
...another Case!!!
Thank you.
Best regards.
 
Umberto Verecondi Scortecci
              




Da: Ms. Claudette R. Kuyt. <ms.crk@statelottery.com>
Inviato: Lunedì 3 novembre 2008, 18:18:11
Oggetto: STATE LOTTERY WINNING ALERT. CONGRATULATIONS

State Lottery Company (State lorre)
2nd Floor Chiltern House, St Nicholas Court
25 - 27 Castlegate, Nottingham NG1 7AR,
United Kingdom.
http://www.statelottery.com/


Dear Lucky Winner,

We happily announce to you the result of the State lottery draws held on Wed, 29th OCT / 2008, Lotto 9/51 in Essex, United Kingdom. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000.00 companies and personal e-mail addresses.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: T9514 0060 with serial number 4859238 drew the winning numbers 2 4 11 36 63 23 Bonus 84. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Ј1,500,000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS STERLING) in cash credited to file SLC/6483000138/08.

To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding claim agent immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your Winning Prize.

Contact information is as follow:
Agt. Terry Gerrard.
Email: terryg00@hotmail.co.uk 
Tel:

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