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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:
  • "claim 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!
• 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.
  • +447031905649 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "winning notification" <onlineinternationallottery007@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 03:41:09 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!

                                                        

 

                                         WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Lucky Winner,

 

ONLINE INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the draw (#988) of the ONLINE INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY,Online International Lottery Program held on Friday 10 september,
2005.

 

Your email address was amongst those chosen this quarter from our new java-based software that randomly selects email addresses from the web .Participants were selected from the registered email addresses in the Public Key Server -- Index ,it was drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names in this batch ,participants were taken from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions programme conducted three times annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.

 

Your email address attached to e-ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 01-02-18-25-34-45, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category .

 

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $500,000 (Five hundred thousand  us dollars) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of $3000000(us) shared among the first Six (6) lucky winners in this category.

 

Your prize award has been insured and is ready for claims. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for the Lottery within a period of 10 days (date of this email inclusive) for the processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.

 

This promotion takes place quarterly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within this booklet representative office  . In view of this, your $500,000 (Five hundred thousand us dollars) would be released to you by this payment office. Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.

 

Our  agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter .

 

Name....................................

Occupation...........................

Phone number......................

Sex.......................................

Nationality............................

Home Address......................

 

To claim your prize,fill in the above form and have it sent to

International Claims Unit

Contact Person: Mr. Allan Smith 
Email: allansmith@uk2.net

Phone: +447031905649

 

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,

Linda Franklin

THE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY.

 

                                                     

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