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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")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • kingassurance123@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "public info" <publicinfo@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:50:51 +0000
Subject: Congratulation you have won

FROM: THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
HEINEKEN LOTTERY WINNERS,
THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT OFFICE,
REF: DLLAO.NL0989 AMERFORTS N.L

Dear: Winner,

Congratulations Category A prize winner! You have been selected as one of
five winners of the HEINEKEN Lottery computer ballot draws that was
concluded on the 5thoctober2005. while celebratting our 18yr old ,You are
thus the privileged recipient of the grand draw prize of US$500,000.00 (five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Winning File Reference number for
your prize is GJL/NL/ 071-097105; Ticket number 009-274-07/A. We at
theHEINEKEN Family is by this program, launching our model computer
balloting lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of
the ever growing number of participants in our diverse lottery programs,
with funds accrued exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all winners
are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.

After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of
300,000 emails and zoning all participants by their respective continents
from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have
emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize. To ensure a smooth
collection of your winnings, the transfer of your prize is to be handled by
our Prize Transfer agents. You are to contact our financial agents by
telephone, email or fax within a week of receiving this notice. Please find
full contact details below:

Mr. Raymond Benson
fax : 31-84-753-8311, Tele 0031626242711
Email: kingassurance123@netscape.net ,

Also find all other relevant winning lottery information below:
Draw Serial No:007 /751346
Batch No:09/105690
Zonal Draw No: GJL/NL/A2-003
Grand Draw No: GJL/A1-1001

You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information and
numbers from the public in line with our company security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous
individuals. Please direct all further correspondences and queries to your
respective category Prize Transfer handlers. Congratulations once again from
the HEINEKEN Lotto company.

Sincerely,
BARRISTER JOESPH DOHFINN.

HEINEKEN PROMOTION DEPARTMENT LOTTERY

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, Find above your Draw Serial
No,Batch numbers, Zonal Draw No and Grand Draw No, and send it to our
financial agent , please remember to quote these numbers in every one of
your correspondence with your claims agent.

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