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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 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")
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • blue_loopy@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • hennpatricklotto@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: luky winners <blue_loopy@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: hennpatricklotto@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:30:38 -0600 (CST)
Subject: THANKS LOOPY FOR DOING IT AGAIN


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: blue_loopy@yahoo.com

Allegran Ltd

28-29 Great Sutton Street,

London

WEBSITE: www.loopylotto.com

WINNING NOTIFICATION:



We happily announce to you the draw of the UK

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online loppy lotto Program held

on TUESDAY 22-MAR-2006.

Your e-mail address attached to numbers:

1,15,32,36,38,48


with Bonus 42 drew the lucky numbers:

which subsequently won you one of the

Jackpot prizes.

You have therefore been approved to claim a

total sum of

£1,000,000 (one Million Pounds Sterling) in cash

credited to file LL/UK/252/05/2/17

All participants for the online version were selected

randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer

draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and

corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes

place daily.

Each day, at or shortly after midnight (UK time),

there will be a draw ("DRAW") under the supervision of

an independent observer to determine the winning

numbers in the GAME that day. A random number generator using

a proprietary random number generation algorithm will

select exactly 6 winning numbers from the range 1-49 and a

bonus winning number from the range 1-49

Please note that your lucky winning number falls

within our European booklet representative office in

Europe as indicated in your play coupoen.In view of this, your

£1,000,000

would be released to you by any of our payment offices in

Europe.

You are to contact your claims agent MR SMITH JOHNSON for further details or email the lottery co-ordinator at the email addresse below



EMAIL : hennpatricklotto@yahoo.co.uk

Provide her with the information below:

1.Name:

2.Address:

3.Marital Status:

4.Occupation:

5.Age:

6.Sex:

7.Nationality:

8.Country Of Residence:

9.Telephone Number:

10.Fax Number:

11.Email Address:

12.Draw Number above:



That way your Winnings Certificate and all other

relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you.

You would be required to show an instrument of identification

when cashing your cheque i.e. Drivers license or International

passport.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your

winning information confidential till your claims is

processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you

deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary

measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

PLEASE BE WARMED

Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K

LOPPY LOTTO



Yours faithfully,

HENERITTA PATRICKS

Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY

LOOPY LOTTO UK

NOTE THAT YOU CN CHECK YOUR RESULT ONLINE BY CLICKING ON THE WEBSITE BELOW

http://www.loopylotto.com/index.cfm?action=results



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