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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "harry adams" <sweetwinlottopromo_03@msn.com>
Reply-To: sweetwinlotto@compaqnet.fr
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:29:39 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION(COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON)

2005/2006 SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY

 

                                                                                        

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS ,
SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY,
HEADQUARTERS
THE UNITED KINGDOM.

REF: OYL/25041238013/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

                                             WINNING NOTIFICATION

 We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,as a lucky Winners of the SWEETWIN PROMO LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM / INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS for this quarter  of the year 2006.Your e-mail address is attached to ticket number: 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

 

As Category "B" winner You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand-America Dollars {US$5,500.000.00} in cash credited to file REF NO.OYL/25041238013/02. This is from total prize Money Of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen International winners in this category. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as contained in your file.

 

To file for your claim, please contact our Category "B" fiduciary agent  Mr. Harry Adams who is your claims agent by providing the necessary information below:

MR. HARRY ADAMS.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
Vertex Finance Company.
Email:  sweetwinlottopromooffice@msn.com

 

Full Name: ----------------------------------------------
Contact address:---------------------------------------
Country of origin: ------------------------------------
Sex: -------------------------------------------------------
Age: ------------------------------------------------------

Occupation: --------------------------------------------

Telephone and fax number: ------------------------

Email serial number: --------------------------------

Ticket number: ----------------------------------------

 

As a category "B" winner, all participants for the free online lotto version were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through the computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 names / companies from Africa, Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as Part of International Promotions Program, which is Conducted Bi-Annually.

After the computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, only first seventeen- (17) lucky winners emerged in this category.

 

This lottery program was organized and sponsored by MSN, Microsoft Inc, Toshiba, Multi Choice and other corporate Organizations to improve the use of computer software's and for the benefit of every Microsoft user.

 

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Ms. Chris Renee
The Promotions Manager.

PHOTOGRAPH OF SWEETWIN LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY, 2004

                                       

 

    

 Il copyright © 2005-2006 Il Sweetwin Lotto Promo Lottery Inc.

 

      

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