419 scam: YOUR EMAIL HAS WON <j.zum22@hotmail.com> HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million british pounds" (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)
- ",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)
- "claimoffice.01@gala.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- 00447031749866

Fraud email example:

From: YOUR EMAIL HAS WON <j.zum22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimoffice.01@gala.net
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:04:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.

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YOUR EMAIL HAS WON:
We happily
announce to you the draw (#210) of the LOTTERY AWARD International programs
held in U.K. your "email address" was attached to ticket number;
B2010 75604546 199 serial number 2010, This batch draws the lucky winning
numbers as follows 887/13/865/37/10/83, bonus number 2, which consequently
won the lottery in the second category.
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All
participants "email address" were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia,
Europe, Middle East,
Africa and
Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted
annually.
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You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of â‚¤1,000,000
(ONE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ONLY) in cash credited to
file WL-7/2011-6937, this is from a total cash prize of Â£25,000,000 shared
among the (25) Twenty-Five lucky winners in this 2nd category.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.
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Simply contact
our fiduciary Claim Agent MR.BARRY MORGAN. He will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your winning prize money. His contact
details are shown below.
MR. BARRY MORGAN
TEL: + 0044-70317-49866
Email: claimoffice.01@gala.net
To process
your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agent immediately with
the below information's:
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1)NAME: 2)ADDRESS:
3)NATIONALITY: 4)SEX: 5)AGE: 6)PHONE/MOBILE: 7)FAX: 8)OCCUPATION: 9)COMPANY:
10)BATCH/WINNING NUMBER:
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Our special
thanks and gratitude to BILL GATES and his associates, we wish you the best
of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season.
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NB: FOR
SECURITY REASONS, YOU ARE ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATION
CONFIDENTIAL TILL YOUR CASH PRIZE IS PROCESSED AND YOUâ€™RE WINNING MONEY
REMITTED TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT. KINDLY CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT
MR.BARRY MORGAN DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER DIRECTIONS

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