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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.
  • +447024091020 (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.
  • fifa.ticket@laposte.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: fifa@UniFish.de
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:01:36 +0200
Subject: GERMANY 2006 WORLD CUP TICKET & VISA

GERMANY 2006 WORLD CUP

The german government has giving this to all football fans as a free gift.




Dear lucky winner,

You have just won the fifa world cup ticket and a visa
to germany 2006 that we take place on the 9th june 2006 and end on the
9th. junly 2006.At the end of the tournament the german government will
issured you a chek of ?1,500,000.00. (ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND EURO ONLY) to the five lucky winner of the year.

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail
address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our
requirements,statutory obligations, verifications, validations and
satisfactory
report.
.

This ticket his for your watching and staying still the tournament is
over.

Ref numbers:007833171
Bacth numbers:934217568
Ticket numbers: F.W.C 374019239.

ROYAL SPORTING HOUSE IN UK HEAD OFFICE.
HEAD OFFICE
Bradley CVs, 7 West End Avenue, Gatley,
Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 4DR, UK.
Tel:+44 7024091020
Fax;44-87-1251-9050
www.euroteam.info
THE ISSURED TICKET DIRECTOR

Lucky winner, your fifa world cup ticket will be send to you in the
next 24 hours enjoy watching germany 2006 world cup.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised
to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category \"A\"
winners with the information below:


MARKETING DIRECTOR
Miss Nacy Williams
457 State Ave. N., New Germany
Phone (952) 975-06306
Fax 49-180-548-20041446



1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Phone/Fax
7;Mal/Femal

SEND IT TO THIS E-MAIL ADDRES; (fifa.ticket@laposte.net)

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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam