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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 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.
  • cliffrich@i12.com

Fraud email example:

From: "mary kenneth" <marykenneth01@msn.com>
Reply-To: cliffrich@i12.com
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:16:43 +0000
Subject: YOUR WINNING NOTICE !!

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LDL /2551256003/22
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD

ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM,

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICEWe are pleased to inform you of the
announcement today,13th of October2005 that you are one of the winners of
the LUCKY DAY LOTTERY INTERNATIONALPROGRAMS held on 12th of October 2005.
Your email Address,attachedtoticketnumber 025-1146-1992-750, with serial
number 2113-22 drew thelucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43; the lottery was
categorized into four zonal(Africa,America, Europe,Australia and Asia)stages
with the amount wonby individual respectively and consequently you have won
the lottery in the 1stcategory.You have therefore been approved for a lump
sum pay out of1,000,000.00 Euro[One Million Euros Euros]Credited to file
REFNO.LDL/2551256003/22.This is from total prize of 17,000,000.00 Euro in
1st categorysharedamong the seventeen international winners in this
category. Allparticipantswere selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from 15 millionpersonal and Business email addresses from across the
globe as partofInternational Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually.CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You are required keep this award to yourself until your claim has
beenprocessed and your money remitted to you. This is part of
oursecurityprotocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts
byparticipants of this program.
Through computer balloting you were been zoned for your winnings
tobereleased in our Europe Payment office which is in United


Kingdom.To begin your claim, please contact your claim Agent with the


details below:
NAME:cliff Richards
Email Address:cliffrich@i12.com


For due processing and remittance of your prize.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than two weeksafter the
day of notification. After this date, all funds will bereturned as
unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, pleaseremember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform
yourclaims agent as soon as possible.Congratulations again from all our
staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.Note: Anybody
under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.


Sincerely,
MARY KENNETH
Promotions Manager
www.luckyday.nl

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