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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!
• 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.
  • jeffson_sinclair@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Veronica Wallace" <notification_dsworld@msn.com>
Reply-To: jeffson_sinclair@myway.com
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 02:29:12 +0000
Subject: >>WINNING APPROVAL<<

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
DISNEYS WORLD LOTTERY, UK
3b Houghton Way, St James Centre,
Leicester City, L30 1RD

 
================================
TICKET NO: 0012-1259-801-702DSW
REF NO: DSW-L/200-225951
BATCH NO: 2005DJL-05
SERIAL NO: S/N-00180
================================

 
AWARD WINNING APPROVAL: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 
     We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the DISNEYS

WORLD LOTTERY PROGRAMS held on 8th of October 2005. Your company or your personal

e-mail address is attached to ticket number 0012-1259-801-702DSW, with serial number

S/N-00180 drew the lucky numbers 998-24-976-48-21-94, and consequently won in the

first lottery category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US 1,000,000.00 DOLLARS in

cash credited to file REF NO: DSW-L/200-225951. This is from total prize money of US

25,000,000.00 DOLLARS, shared among the Twenty five (25) international winners in this

category. All participants were selected through our Computer ballot system drawn from

21,000 names, 3,000 names from each continent, as part of International Promotions

Program.
 
Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account with our affiliate bank here in UK,

and insured with your REF NO: DSW-L/200-225951 and your E-mail address. You are to

keep your TICKET NO. REF NO. BATCH NO. and SERIAL NO. From the public, until you have

been processed and your money remitted to your personal account.
To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email for

processing and remittance of your prize money to you. Your assigned claims officer

contact email is:
-------------------------------------------
Name: Jeffson Sinclair
E-mail: jeffson_sinclair@myway.com
Tel/Fax  +448709120589
-------------------------------------------
 
He is to help you in claiming your due prize. Remember, all prize money must be

claimed not later than the 30th of November 2005. All funds not claimed on or before

the fixed date will be penalized accordingly.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote

your ticket, reference, batch and serial numbers in all correspondences with your

claims officer.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Veronica Wallace
For DISNEYS WORLD LOTTERY UK;
______________________________________________________________________________________

__________
NB: The DISNEYS WORLD LOTTERY holds the right to cancel your winning if you are below

the age of 18yrs.Employees and immediate family members of employees of DISNEYS WORLD,

its associated companies, professional advisers, advertising and promotional agencies

are not eligible to be winners of this promotional lottery. Contacts should be made

directly to the claims agent department via email on or before fourteen (14) days

after receiving your winning notification as this is mandatory.

 

 

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