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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million british pounds" (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.
  • claimsagent_franklynpayne@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Greenlands Lotto" <greenlandslotto.uk531@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimsagent_franklynpayne@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:08:47 -0900
Subject: GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK /AWARD NOTIFICATION

GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF:MCL/FLW/12-A782881207

ATTN:AWARD WINNER AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today,4th of Febuary,2006 of winners of the
GREENLANDS LOTTO/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 30th of
December 2005.You/your company, attached to ticket
number 013-2316-2003-477, with fserial number A025-09
drew the lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42, and
consequently won in category B. You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of
GBP£10,500,000.00 (Ten Million Five Hundred thousand
British Pounds) in cash credited to file REF NO. REF:
MCL/FLW/12-A782881207.This is from total prize money
of GBP£35,000,000.00 (Thirty-Five million British
Pounds) shared among the nine international winners in
the various categories. All participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000
names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia,
Europe, Africa, USA and North America as part of our
International Promotions
Program, which will is bienni ally
conducted.CONGRATULATIONS!!
Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security
House and insured in your name. Due to the mix up of
some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has
been processed
and your money remitted to your account. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.We
hope, with a part of your prize, you will participate
in our
high stake of GBP£20 Million International lotto that
comes up every ten years.To begin your claim, please
contact your claims officer immediately:

MR. FRANK PAYNE:
Email: claimsagent_franklynpayne@yahoo.co.uk

For due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you
must contact your Claims officer not later than five
working days on the receipt of this notification.After
this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
All correspondences should be sent to MR. FRANK PAYNE
by email and should have this email sent along with it
and importantly your email address to which this email
was sent should be clearly and boldly written in your
response. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays
and complications, please remember to quote your
reference number in all your correspondences with your
Claims agent. And all inquiries should go to him, do
not bother to send requests to GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims officer as soon as
possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
MRS ROSE RADISIC
THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS
ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.
GREENLANDS LOTTO,UK.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to automatic disqualification

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