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

Fraud email example:

From: "National lottery" <nationallottery_2005@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:21:07 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!!!!!!!

NATIONAL LOTTERY 2005 PRINSENGRACT,5902 RH VENLO,THE NETHERLANDS FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT. REF: 22676688937-180 BATCH: 005274/09   BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!!!!!!!   We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the National lottery draw held on  27TH of November . All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 20,000,000 international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as category 2 winners in this year's Annual Real lottery Draw. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of (1,000,000$) ONE Million dollars. The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:   (i) Lucky numbers: 3, 98, 23, 39, 12, 56 (ii)Email ticket number: 1226768837-1805 (iii)serial number 5471323 Please contact the under listed claims agent as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:   Mr. Peter Kofi Claim agent, The Nationallottery Claim agent Accra Ghana. Email: pekoffi_chamber@ yahoo.com   Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!   Yours Sincerely, John Priestly Promotions Manager The National lottery Company Netherlands & Europe.   N.B: 1.All claims are nullified after 30 working days from today. 2. Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer. 3. Do inform the claims agent of any change of names or addresses. 4. All winners under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified. ______________________________________________ The Lottery Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers, Mackintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The National lottery Internet draw is held quarterly every year and is so organized to encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that Over 200 Million dollars are won annually in more than  150 countries worldwide

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