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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.
  • agentjamesbrown@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Universal Lotto" <universal100winners01@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:50:00 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

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 15TH of FEBRUARY, 2006
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 to quote 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. JAMES BROWN
Chief financial Director
The UNIVERSAL LOTTO
Email : agentjamesbrown@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 31st of MARCH, 2006,
After this date, All unclaims funds will be returned
to the International Lotto, you should contact
Mr. JAMES BROWN about the claimant procedures, send
your fax and telephone to Mr. JAMES BROWN, 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. JAMES BROWN as soon as possible.

Mr. JAMES BROWN son 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
((agentjamesbrown@gmail.com))

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,

UNIVERSAL LOTTO COMPANY
Promotions Manager
The Lotto company
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