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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 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.
  • +447040117428 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "luckydaywinners notification2005" <luckydaywinnersnotification2005@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:07:45 +0000
Subject: NOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

West London,

43 North End Road,

West Kensington,

London W14 8SZ

Lucky Winner,

NOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

LUCKYDAY E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT

BATCH NO: PTP/31211214257/190888/2202

REF. NO: PTP/21449267220/255100//2202

WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL

NOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY

BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD. Your name

attached to ticket number 219028657434 with Serial number

918735625 drew the lucky numbers of 21-70-81-82-99, which

consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of

1,000,000.00euros only, which is deposited with the United

Kingdom Clearing house in your favor as beneficiary and

covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY. It is important that

keep your winning confidential to avoid people garnering

your information and subsequently making claim with your

winning paraphernalia information’s, lucky day lottery

international will decline payment if such irregularity

occurs.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot

system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00

companies and 3,000,000.00 individual email addresses and

names from all over the world. To begin your lottery claim,

please contact our agent below that have been appointed for

the processing of your claim with your contact telephone

and fax number to begin the processing of your payment.

ELIGIBILITY:

This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is

open to all persons from age 18 years and above with a valid email

address and who live in any of the aforementioned

countries. This promotion is void in all other countries and is also

void where prohibited.

Principals and employees of Lucky day Lottery Promos and its

respective Parents, subsidiaries and their immediate families are not

eligible.

CLAIMS PROCEDURES:

It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the

processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for

overseas winners. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a

matter of urgency, to contact the under listed licensed and accredited

claims agent for the processing of your prize awards winning. Please contact the clearing house (through your claims agent only) the body assigned with the verification of all emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be followed to facilitate your claims;

CONTACT NAME: CLARK DUNCAN

CITY/ COUNTRY: LONDON, ENGLAND.

TELEPHONE: +4470 4011 7428

FAX: 44- 870 -135- 5097

EMAIL: clark101@uk2.net

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process,

failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture.

Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.

(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and

unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions

of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your

prize awards winning.

(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning

details very confidential, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach

of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered

solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.

Congratulations again from all our staffs and thank you for being part

of our Promotions program.

Sincerely,

Peter Walker

Co-coordinator.

NB: PLEASE SEE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBERS IN YOUR

Correspondence TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.

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The Lucky Day Lottery Promos Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The lucky DAY LOTTERY internet draws in each quarter of the year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that up to 100 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 Countries worldwide.

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