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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:
  • "fudiciary" (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)
• 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.
  • +447024080121 (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.
  • ukinfo2345lotto@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • epad_lotteryagent006@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: owen becky <ukinfo2345lotto@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:20:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOU HAVE BEING NOTIFIED!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: ukinfo2345lotto@yahoo.com

UK LOTTERY PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

BONANZA 2006!!!

This is to Notify you of the release of the lottery

winning, held on the 14 of MARCH 2006.

Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were

released on the 26 of MARCH, 2006. Your e-mail

address attached to ticket number: 7-1-8-36-4-22 under

agent ID: 18 and lucky ball number 7363789,which

subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category



You have therefore been qualified for a lump sum

payout of 860,641.28 Great British Pounds(GBP) which

amounts to $1,500,000.00 (One Million,Five Hundred

Thousand United States DOLLARS) in cash, drawn in your

favor, as the soul beneficiary and covered with the

highest level of Insurance policy called the

IRREVOCABLE GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT BOND.

Due to mix up of some names and winning number, we ask

that you keep your winning information confidential

until your claim has been processed and your money remitted

to you, in your perspective country. Because this is

part of our new security protocol to avoid double

claiming and forgery of winners identity in this

program by some unscrupulous persons.



This lottery was organized by an association of

software manufacturers who came together from all

parts of europe including Great Britain,Spain,The

Netherlands and Belgium which are the major host

countries.All participants were selected through our

Microsoft computer ballot draw system, were we

extracted over 20,000.00 companies

and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names

from all over the world.



To begin your lottery claim, please contact your

Fudiciary agent that has been appointed for the

processing of your claim with the address below:



Mr. David Nelson

TEL:+44-702-408-0121

EMAIL:epad_lotteryagent006@yahoo.com.hk



Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and

complications please remember to quote your WINNING

NUMBER in all correspondence.



Warning: All winners are to claim their winning prize

in not later than 1 week (7 days) of their winning

notification. Winners are to contacts us to confirm thier winning

through the phone number displayed before sending an

email.This is done to aviod forgery and impersonation

of winners information and ticket number.

This is also to inform winners that there are so many

email letter all over the internet faking to be real,

so be warrned!!!



Note: That you are to respond to all the necessary

procedure involved in collecting your prize ,and if

you are not interested in claiming your prize,you are

advised to draft this office your REFUSAL LETTER

indicating that you are not interested in your winning

prize and it should be used for the next stake.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do

inform our agent as soon as possible.



The online promotion lottery company is proudly

sponsored by a group of succesfull bussiness men all

over the world.

Internet draw is held once in a year and it is

organized, because we want to encourage the use of

Internet around the globe and we are beginning this

year with this $1,500,000.00 as it is like a WELCOME TO 2006.

And we are proud to say that over 50 Million DOLLARS

are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

We wish you a hearthy congratulation once again.

Your Sincerely,

Mrs.Becky Owen

For Management



NOTE: ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF

ANY WINNER WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION!

====================================================



OUR Executives:

Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager

Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden

(Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James

Williams (Director International Credit Department),

Mrs. Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mrs.

Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr. Stephen

Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International

Relation Officer).



- owen becky

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