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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")
• 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.
  • globalhandsinc_agents@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "OFFICE OF THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" <caroljonesuklottery004@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: globalhandsinc_agents@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 02:33:08 -0800
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

The U.K International Lottery UK HEAD OFFICE
PDV Ltd Monmouth House 40 Artillery Lane London E1 7LS Attention:Lucky Winner, Batch No: 074/05/27369 Ref No : UK/9420x/68
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are happy to inform you that you are one of the lucky winners of the UK National Lotto Draw date: Saturday,11th February 2006:The UK NATIONAL LOTTO DRAW,is played via the internet which sole aim is to reduce poverty to a bearable minimum globally. Your e-mail address which has the UK lotto ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 were winning numbers: Ref . 07 14 29 37 41 45 (04) . Consequently you have won the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 6 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £ 300.000.00 in cash credited to file UK/9420X/68.
This is from a total cash prize of £ 900,000.00 shared amongst the first three (3) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World -Wide Websites through internet draw system and involving over 200,000 associations and corporate bodies that are enlisted online. Your winning falls in African Asian
This lottery takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African Asian office as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your £300.000.00 . would be paiy to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.Our Claim agent zoned for paying centre will immediately commence the proccess of facilitating the payment of your prize as soon as you
contact the claim agent.
For security reasons, you are advised to confidentially keep your winning information till your claim is processed and your prize is paid to you in which ever way that will be convienent to you.This is part of our precautionary measures to avoid double claim and undue abuse of this programme. Please be warned.


To proccess your claim, please fill the Winning Verification & Claim Form attached to this email .Send to our claiming office via this email address below:

*********************************************************************
Financial / Payment Center.
Global Hands Asurrance Limited
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE6 1HX England E- Contacts Person: Mr. Tonny Cleff
Email Address: globalhandsinc_agents@yahoo.com <mailto:globalhandsinc_agents@yahoo.com> Tel: +44702407744 Fax:+448704901160 <http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/_javascript:ol('http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/__javascript:olhttp://www.freelotto.com/offer.asp?offer%253d43761%2526amp;FID%253dfa7d27913658;');> <http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/_javascript:ol('http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/__javascript:olhttp://www.freelotto.com/offer.asp?offer%253d43761%2526amp;FID%253dfa7d27913658;');>*********************************************************************


ATTN: ONCE AGAIN THE WHOLE OF THE NATIONAL UK LOTTERY STAFFS ARE CONGRATULATING YOU, SO PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS TO ENABLE US FILE YOUR CLIAMS.

VERIFICATION AND CLERANCE FORM

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________

2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________

____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________


5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.BATCH NUMBER:____________________ B. REF NUMBER:______________

10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
11.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

___________________________________________


12. COUNTRY________________________________





Your prize would be paid to you through a swift Wired transfer.

Note that, all winnings must be claimed not later than one month starting from today, failure to respond to this mail before 14 working days renders your winning invalid.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, Remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE. Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this programme. Thank you for being part of this lottery programme. Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Carol Jones.
"Lottery Coordinator"

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Please be aware that your Paying Authority wills Effect Payment
Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation
provided by this Clearance Office.

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