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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 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.
  • woolleyar2@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "woolley andrew" <info@woolleyandrew.org>
Reply-To: woolleyand@excite.com
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:28:04 +0000
Subject: GRAND UNIVERSAL PROMO 2005

GRAND UNIVERSAL PROMO
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
REF: GUPL/74-A0802742005

AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, of winners of
the GRAND UNIVERSAL PROMO held on 13th of october2005.

Your email address was attached to ticket number 22-1356-4096-988;
with serial number A)69-07 drew the lucky numbers 09-23-13-56-80-40,
and consequently won in category A. You have therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay out of GBP 1,400,000.00 POUNDS in cash credited to
file REFGUPL/74-A0802742005 This is from total prize money of GBP
7,000,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Five (5) international winners
in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 100,000 companies/individuals from Middle East, Australia, New
Zealand,America, Asia, Europe and North America as part of our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!Your fund is now deposited with a Security company
insured in your name.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account.This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program.

We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes GBP 50. Million international lottery.
To begin your claim, please respond back to your claiming agent;
Dr Andrew Woolley.

Agent:EMAIL;woolleyar2@excite.com


He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and
remittance of your prize money.Remember, you must contact him using
his mailing address not later than two weeks after this date or funds
will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference number in every one of your
correspondences.

Ticket number 22-1356-4096-988
Serial number A069-07
Lucky numbers 09-23-13-56-80-40
File REF NO. GUPL/74-A0802742005
BATCH: 2005GUPL-01
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mrs.Monica Lopez

THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
GRAND UNIVERSAL PROMO
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the Winners will
result to disqualification. Any winner below the age of 18years is
automatically disqualified
NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your
claims officer immediately

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