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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • agentjohngreen@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • postmaster_bingo@virgilio.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ONLINE BINGO <onlinebingolotto@wanadoo.es>
Reply-To: onlinebingoclaim@wanadoo.es
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 02:05:12 +0200
Subject: Notification For Award


ONLINE BINGO LOTTO COMMISSION
FROM: THE DESK OF LOTTERY DIRECTOR
REFERENCE NUMBER: OBL/203/1200023
BATCH NUMBER: 5620032
ATTN: LUCKY WINNER,


RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE
This is to inform you of the release of the Online Bingo Lottery International sweepstake lottery-promotion held on the 20TH OF MAY 2006, this result was initially delayed due to mix up of numbers and addresses, the results were finally released on the 23RD OF MAY 2006, and your name attached to ticket number BL-06-0021 with Serial number 02104-06, which drew the lucky numbers of 67-31-25-05-75-07, which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You are therefore approved for a lump sum payout of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY ( US$ 500 , 000 .00 ) in cash accredited to file reference number: OBL/203/1200023, This is from a total cash prize of TWELVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY ( US$ 12, 500 , 000.00 ) Shared among the Twenty-Five international winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS !
Your fund is now deposited in one of our accredited finance house here in Italy insured in your favor. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed and money remitted to your account as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this program by participants as it has happened in the past.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot systems / shopping ticket-foils and traveling ticket-foils and e-mail addresses drawn from 45,000 Company names and individual names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, America, Africa and North America as part of our annual-international promotional programs. We hope that with this winning , you will be able to participate in our next high stake promotion of EURO 58,680,000.00 (FIFTY-EIGHT MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND EUROS )

To begin your lottery claim, please contact your claims agent, JOHN GREEN, on agentjohngreen@netscape.net . Remember all prize money must be claimed not later than 28TH OF JULY 2006. After this date, this fund will be returned to the next draws as unclaimed fund.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complication, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence with your agent or us. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claim agent as soon as possible. Congratulation once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being part of our International promotion program.
Yours Sincerely
MARCO ARMELIANI ( DOTTORE )
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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the
designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the Gaming Control Board immediately by e-mail at postmaster_bingo@virgilio.it and destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments

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