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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.
• 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.
  • pbenoits@yyhmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rosa Williams" <rsajlpuk3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pbenoits@yyhmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:22:33 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
JURIST LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
WHITE HART LANE, LONDON N17 8HR, UNITED KINGDOM.

Dear Winner,

REF: 041238013011JLP
BATCH: 0034712-EX

AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 17th July, 2006, of
Winners of the JURIST PROMO LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM,draws held on 14th July,
2006.

Your email address attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial
number 8973-20 drew the lucky numbers 09-44-44-76-27-11, and consequently
won the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for lump sum pay Out of (£1.500.000.00) One
Million, five hundred thousand British Pounds in cash credited to file REF
No.041238013011JLP. This is from total prize Money Of (£25.500.000.00)
Twenty-Five Million, five hundred thousand British Pounds shared among the
seventeen International winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer Ballot System drawn from
25,000 email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North
America and Asia as Part of International Promotions Program, which is
Conducted Annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and addresses, we ask that you keep this
Award strictly from Public notice until your claim has been processed and
released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming by
participants of this program. We hope with a part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes £500 Million International
Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact our Director,Claims/Remittance
Department:

Mr. Patrick Benoit.
Director,Claims/Remittance Department,
JURIST LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY,
LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.
Email: pbenoits@yyhmail.com

He will process and ensure the release of your won prize Money.

Note that all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th July, 2006.
After this date, all funds shall be returned to our treasury as unclaimed
prize money.

In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please remember to
quote your Reference and batch numbers in every of your correspondence with
our payment officer.

Congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Rosa Williams.
The Promotions Manager, JURIST LOTTO
PROMO LOTTERY,LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.

_________________________________________________________________
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