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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:

• 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.
  • +447031846395 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: gladismorgan@ny.com
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 03:22:12 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONSULTATION CASH PRIZE WINNER NOTICE



POWERBALL LOTTO. Bv

POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game 2005,



Date:06-10-2005

Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP

Dear Consultation Prize Winnr,

Re: CONSULTATION CASH PRIZE WINNER NOTICE



Europe/ America private international e-games organizers and

co-sponsors, POWERBALL LOTTO Group International, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of the 20th AUGUST-2005 POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in the UK.



Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits. It major aim is to promote music, theater,

art,literature,projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as science, research,higher education.



We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consultation prize winners Youremail ID identified with coupon No. PBL2348974321 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game.



Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies. You have won a consultation cash prize of US $ 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) only. The POWERBALL LOTTO Group. BV, have approved a payout of your consultation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board.



Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete asistance and

provide additional information and processes for the claims of your

consultation prize.For due processing of your winning claim, please

contact the DPU Information Officer Mr. Mark Moody who has been

assigned to assist you.



Name :adams scott

TEL :+447031846395

Contact:E-mail:claimofficer03@uk2.net



You are to provide the claim officer with the under listed

information as soon as possible:



1. NAME IN FULL:.....................................



2. ADDRESS:...........................................



3. NATIONALITY:.......................................



4. AGE:...............................................



5. Sex................................................



6. OCCUPATION:........................................



7. PHONE..............................................



8. FAX:...............................................





IMPORTANT NOTICE:



(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process,failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture. Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.



(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant\\\'s full

and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards winning.



(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning

details very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a

breach of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be

covered solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of

secrecy taken on employment.



Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consultation

prize winning, we hope you will partake our forth coming OWERBALL

LOTTO -wheel Email-games.



Regards

Mrs.Gladys Morgan.

(Group Coordinator)





============================================================================================



NB: In accordance with the POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-games policy and

regulations,this notification is dispatched directly to only the 45

lucky consultation prize Winners.This notification also contains

information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or

otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the right

recipient whose email address attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning information’s you are not authorized to read,

print,retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.









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