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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "fudiciary" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: irishonlinepromo <irishonlinepromo@1963chevrolet.com>
Reply-To: irish_fiduciaryagent10@yahoo.ie
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 16:36:49 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!





The Irish Lottery
P O Box 1010
11 G Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:


We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the IRISH LOTTERY
online Sweepstakes International program held on wednesday 11th of
march, 2006. It is now available for claims and you are getting the
final NOTIFICATION as regards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
    05,   06,   17,   20,   28,   42 ( Bonus 33)
, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match
5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €2.25 Million
Euro,(TWO million,twentyfive thousand euro )  in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £4,419,864
shared amongst the(2)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6 plus
bonus.All participants forthe online version were selected randomly
from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted
from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your €2.25 Million Euro,(TWO
million,twentyfive thousand euro ) will be released to you by any of
our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claim 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
andunwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!!!

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:


MR MAXWELL JONES

Email: maxwelljones@fudiciaryagent.wanadoo.co.uk
 

 
Endeavour to email/fax him your full names,winning numbers and email
address immediately.

You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://www.irishlotto.net




 

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE IRISH LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Stella Ellis(Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE IRISH LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.



Confidentiality Notice:


Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to
it,is/are confidential and is/are intended for the sole use of the
individual(s) or entity(ies) to which it/they is/are addressed. Any
use,distribution,copying or disclosure by any other person or entity
is strictly prohibited under applicable law(s). If you received this
email in error,please notify the sender by return email and delete the
original message (making sure it is also deleted from the Deleted
Items folder of your mail client).
Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do
not relate to official business ofIRISH LOTTERY and insurance shall be
understood to be neither given nor endorsed by IRISH LOTTERY finance
and insurance when addressed to comet finance and insurance clients;
and any information contained in this email is subject to the terms
and conditions of the governing client's contract(s).b

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