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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • halifax_coodinator@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • jonathan_schwarz03@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • jonathan_schwarz03@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Veronic=20Ross?= <halifax_coodinator@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 02:42:30 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: Inter lottery center.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: halifax_coodinator@yahoo.co.uk

HALIFAX SWEEPSTAKES INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY

WINNING NOTIFICATION


Date: 1/04/06

Ref: 70087604

Batch: 5033875509/005

Winning no: AU8701/LPRC


CONGRATULATIONS


Dear Sir/Madam,


We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 1st April 2006 from the International Lottery program, which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their email addresses. Your email

address was attached to ticket number; 25717460

serial number: 5009311466


This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 7-13-44 57-65 bonus

number 19, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$3,500,000.00

(THREEMILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:

ILP/HW47509/02 from the total cash prize of US$28,000,000.00

shared amongstEIGHT lucky winners in this category. All participant

were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand pop email addresses from Canada, Australia, United

States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.


This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some

multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the

citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your details(email address) falls within our European

representative office in United Kingdom, London, as indicated in your

play coupon and your prize of US$3,500,000.00 will be

released to you from this regional branch office in London. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billioninternational draw.


HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE


Simply contact our fiducial agent, Mr. Jonathan Schwarz at

jonathan_schwarz03@yahoo.co.uk to file for your claim . Please quote

your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the

top left corner of this notification as well as your full names and

address to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information

Confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your

prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid

double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by

non-participant or unofficial personnel.


Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 28th of April 2006;

otherwise all funds will be returned as

Unclaimed and eventually

donated to charity.


Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!


Yours Sincerely,


Veronica Ross (co-coordinator)


PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT: jonathan_schwarz03@yahoo.co.uk

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS

WILL RESULT TO

DISQUALIFICATION.



- Veronic Ross

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