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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")
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: Lucky Lottery <22.lucky@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 14:36:03 +0800
Subject: CONGRATULATION


Lucky Day Internationla Lottery
28 Tanfield Road Anfield Road
Croydon EC1R.OHB London
United Kingdom.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF: WBL/67-B773524441
BATCH NO: 18/01544/JJS
ATTN:

AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We are please to announce you as one of the lucky winner
of LUCKY Day LOTTERY/ INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 2nd Oct 2005

Your name, attached to ticket number 013-2316-2002-477, with serial number
A025-09 drew the lucky numbers 2-12-17-28-43-9,
has consequently won in category C.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$1,500,000.00in cash credited to file REF NO. REF:WBL/67-B773524441.
This is from total
prize money of US$7,500,000.00 shared among the Five international winners
in the category C. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 30,000 names from Australia,New Zealand, America,
Asia,Europe,USA and North America as part our International Promotions
Program,which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with an Inter Finance and Security company in
London and insured in your name.Due to the mix up of some numbers and
names,we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your
claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.We hope with a part of
you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3
billion International lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims officer immediately:

Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order Department.
Inter Finance Company Ltd
Mr.Denis Coyne
440 Rye Lane,Peckham London SE71 8ST
Tele: 44-7835451698
Fax: 44-2080431852
E-MAIL: deniscoynea@walla.com<http://us.f547.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=deniscoyne@walla.com>

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.Remember all prizes be claimed not latter than 1st
Nov 2005 After this date all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Note: In other to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in everyone of your
Correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of
your address,do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.

CONGRATULATION
MR.GRODON .D EWART
The Promotion Manager,
Lucky Day Internationla Lottery
28 Tanfield Road Anfield Road
Croydon EC1R.OHB London
United Kingdom.

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