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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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 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.
  • jeflary44@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Angela@loot.dreamhost.com, Mammi@loot.dreamhost.com,
<ange_mam_lotto@fsmail.net>
Reply-To: jeflary44@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:55:49 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION.


DATE: 25th OCTOBER, 2005.
FROM: MRS ANGELA MAMMI THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.
BATCH: EGS/ 22504002/05: REFERENCE: 15/0018/IPD
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION.
This is to inform you of the release of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PRIZE DRAW, held on the 24th SEPTEMBER, 2005,
but
owing to some mix up of numbers and addresses and the holidays, the
results were released on the 20th OCTOBER, 2005.Your name was attached
to
ticket number 085-12876077-09 with serial number 51390-0 that drew the
lucky numbers of 03-05-12-14-28-38, which consequently won the lottery
in the 5th category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay of E500,000.00. (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
EUROS ONLY), in cash credited to file with REF: º.EGS/3662367114/13.
This
is from a total cash prize of E70,020.225.00, shared among the (25)
twenty-five international winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!Your fund is now deposited with our Security Company
and insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we
ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has
been processed, and the money remitted to your account, as this is part
of our security protocol, to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
taking of advantage
of this program by participants, as has happened in the past.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names, email addresses & official addresses, from Asia,
Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East
and
Africa, as part of our International Promotions Program.
We hope your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent
programs. To begin your lottery claims, please contact your Claims
Agent,
MR.JEFF LARRY, (+34636402768)
FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER,
GLOBAL SECURITY & FINANCE COMPANY SPAIN,
EMAIL: (jeflary44@netscape.net)
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 24th, NOVERBER
2005. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to the
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your
lottery
winning belongs to (the PROMOTIONS COMPANY). Because they are the
company

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