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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031817526 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • cashnetsweeplottery@mac.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CASHNETSWEEP LOTTERY" <cashnetsweep@sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:00:03 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION--LOTTERY WINNER...880,000,00 POUNDS.

From:The desk of the lottery co-ordinator,
CASHNET SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM.
(International promotions/prize award unit);UK.

Dear Recipient/Prize Winner,

We happily announce to you the draws of the CashNetSweep Lottery,an International Web Sweepstakes Program held on February, 2006.Your email address attached to ticket/serial number IE6098-05, with serial number IE535-29 drew the lucky numbers: 03 . 18 . 31 . 33 . 38 .42(bonusno.539),With Ref.Number: IES/376O05/77, Batch Number: 05/507/IES360 and subsequently won the lottery in the 1st category.

 

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £880,000.00 (Eight hundred and eighty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file ISPR/7563409218/05. This is from a total cash prize of £8,680,770.00 shared amongst the first nine (9) lucky Winners in this
category.

 

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 154,000 Unions,Associations and Corporate Bodies listed online.No tickets was sold.In view of this, your £880,000.00 (Eight hundred and eighty thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices.

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

 

For due processing and payment of your winning claims, please contact the international remittance/payment consultation officer below:

 

MR. ROLAND HOLMES.
email: cashnetsweeplottery@mac.com
Direct Access Tel:+447031817526

 

Our International remittance Office (IRO) will render to you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes for the claims of your consolation prize. Mr.Roland Holmes has been assigned to assist you and your claims will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board.

 

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please always remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence with your claims agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.Please include your private telephone and fax numbers while replying.

Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for being part of our

promotional program.

 

Regards,
Nicole Horner(Mrs).
(Group Co-Ordinator)
Cashnetsweepstakes lottery,uk.

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