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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:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • agentsean@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "universal lotto" <universallotto04@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: agentsean@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:54:42 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON

FROM: UNIVERSAL LOTTO COMPANY
41B EDGE WARE ROAD LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM

We are please to announce you as one of the 100 lucky winners in the
UNIVERSAL LOTTO draw held on the 28TH of DECEMBER, 2005
All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of
50,000,000 international emails.Your email address emerged alongside 99
others as a category 2 winner
in this year's Annual UNIVERSAL LOTTO Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
$3,000,000,00(Three Million US Dollars) only.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember
toquote your reference number and batch numbers all correspondence

1,Email ticket number: ticket # 88171/29281/57363
2,BATCH:# 742-109-527-UK43
3,The file Ref # : 920/210/4509
4,lucky # 9-21-81-91-34-45
5,lotto code # : FL09622/UK

Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible
for the immediate release of your winnings:

Mr. Sean Peters
Chief financial Director
The UNIVERSAL LOTTO
Email : agentsean@gmail.com

For processing and remittance of your cash to a designated account of
your choice. remember, all winnings must be claim not later than 15th
of JANUARY, 2006,
After this date, All unclaims funds will be returned to the
International Lotto, you should contact
Mr. Sean Peters about the claimant procedures, send your
fax and telephone to Mr. Sean Peters, this will enable his office to send
the
claims application form (A4)to you the Beneficiary.
Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers all
correspondence.
Further more, should there be any change of address do inform
Mr. Sean Peters as soon as possible.
Mr. Sean Peters is responsible for the processing of your approved
file to the bank for payment.

Congratulations once again, from all members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.
Once again on behalf of all our staff, reply to
(( agentsean@gmail.com ))

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
UNIVERSAL LOTTO COMPANY
Promotions Manager
The Lotto company

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