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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.
  • +447040120145 (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.
  • cosamc@zwallet.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ToGate Lottery" <cosamc@zwallet.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 21:41:40 -0900
Subject: Award Winning Notification

Togate Lottery
144 Crown Court BLVD,
North London

FROM: PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: GBP/99555/2006
BATCH: 00/09FG2/SER

ATTENTION:
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on 29th April 2006 to
declare the winners of the TOGATE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.
Your company, attached to ticket number 1145-20754-084, with serial number
722-01 drew the lucky numbers 43-49-6-13-37-14, and consequently won the
lottery.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1, 200,000.00
Million Euro in cash credited to file REF NO: REF: GBP/99555/2006. This is
from total prize money of 120, 000,000.00 Million Euro shared among the
seventeen international winners in this category. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 names from
Jordan, New Zealand, America, Europe and Middle East and Asia as part our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted monthly.
CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until
your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This
is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by participants of this promotion.

We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes 100, 000,000 Million Euro International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact our finance accredited claims agent by
email, phone or via fax with your batch/reference winner numbers, a copy any
identification card or document to identify your self, residential address,
date of birth and your contact tel/fax number as they are in charge of
making payment to you. Contact details below.

FORWARD WAY ATTORNEYS
CLAIMS AGENT: MR.HANS TREVOR
EMAIL:claim@forwardway.com
TEL: +447040120145, 447040124345
FAX: +447030402036




For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later
than Two Weeks after notice. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of
your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of
our promotions program.


Sincerely,

For any enquiries contact person:Ivon Tracy
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
Email:cosamc@zwallet.com


TO GATE LOTTERY,


***" YOUR CHANCE TO WIN BIG" ***

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