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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:
  • "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!

Fraud email example:

From: globalhandpromo.02@marca.es
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:58 -0400
Subject: RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION(2005)

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF NUMBER: 3117849330/03.
BATCH NUMBER: 50/0112/INL.

RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION

After a successful completion of the 2nd category draws of Global Hand Promo
held on the 25th of september 2005,we are pleased to inform you of the
announcement today 12th of october 2005, you among other two persons,winning in
the second category, became a winner with the winning ticketnumber, 467-8943-78-
090 , which was attached to your e-mail address.Several
Internet users e-mail addresses in the last ten years were extracted from the
world wide web and after careful filtration yours was found valid in that it is
up to date,before being used for the draws.

As a winner in this 2nd category you are therefore entitled to a sum of
(1,500,000.00 Million Euro), now available for claim.To begin your claim
process contact the claim agent/ Legal Practitioner,

CAMPBELL DOUGLAS
EMAIL: campbelldouglas5@lancsmail.com

Your instrument of payment as well as a copy of this notification has been sent
ahead to the claim agent who, after verifying that you are the actual
owner/user of the e-mail address that won the draws, shall instruct the paying
bank for the release of your winning claims.

Note that the claim process is not expected to last longer than two weeks from
the date of contacting the claim agent.

Accept our congratulations!

Yours sincerely,

MARK RICHARD

MANAGING DIRECTOR

(GLOBAL HAND)



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