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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • mrs.maureen4camelot@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "info_unit@terra.es" <info_unit@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:51:21 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CM2006/256432/Ml


CAMELOT ONLINE LOTTERY PROMO;
Watford, Head Office and Regional Centre Camelot Group plc,
Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts,
WD18 9RN,London
United Kingdom
Registered No. 2822203

CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of Camelot
online promo cyber lotto Draws. The online cyber lotto
draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 250,000
e-mail addresses! Of individual and corporate bodies
picked by an advanced automate d random computer search
from the internet. No tickets were sold. After this
automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as
one of ten winners in this year’s promo with the
following particulars:

(i) Winning code: Q71-YZT-64201P
(ii) Email code number: CM2006/256432/Ml
(iii) Draw winning no: 167365

The 2006 Camelot was slatted for this month in line with
the Companies Lottery Guidelines having the program
conducted same month annually. This promo is conducted by
Camelot Group in collaboration with 7 Giant Internet
Companies including Micro Soft Company.
Camelot have beaten the target for the first year of
fundraising for the 2012 Olympic games and Paralympics
games from tickets sold for our balloting games meant for
resident people in the UK.

Please note that your £2,000,000.00(Two Million British
Pounds Starlings) would be released to you by our
affiliate bank in UK.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as
you make contact with her. Hence you are eligible for the
prize of Two Million Pound Sterling. Please contact the
under listed Fiduciary Coordinator as soon as possible
for processing of your claim:

Mrs. Maureen Jefferson
Payment Coordinator.
Email: mrs.maureen4camelot@gmail.com

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your Email code number: CM2006/256432/Ml as the
subject of your email .
You are required to keep this award to yourself,
especially your Particulars, until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to you.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Sir Peter Middleton
Promotion Manager
Camelot Promotions
cc:Dianne Thompson
Chief Executive

Phil Smith
Commercial and Operations Director
Richard Hurd-Wood
Bid and Strategy Director

Mark Gallagher
Director of Corporate Affairs
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Registered office: Camelot tolpits lane Watford WD18 9RN
registered in England & Wales No. 2922203.
Camelot is Lead Sponsor of Camelot online lottery, the GB
Rowing Team which includes the lead men’s sweep crew and
the lead women’s crew for competition and training and
more.






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