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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.
• 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.
  • agent_barnabasdube2000@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "national lottery" <nationaldrawlottery2004@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:26:04 +0200
Subject: Your won

NOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
LUCKYDAY E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT


BATCH NO: PTP/31211214257/190888/2202
REF. NO: PTP/21449267220/255100//2202


WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL
NOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!


This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT
INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD. Your name attached to ticket number
219028657434 with Serial number
918735625 drew the lucky numbers of 21-70-81-82-99, which consequently won
the lottery in the 1st category.


You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of 1,000,000.00euros
only, which is deposited with the United Kingdom Clearing house in your
favor as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY. It is important
that keep your winning confidential to avoid people garnering your
information and subsequently making claim with your winning paraphernalia
information?s, lucky day lottery international will decline payment if such
irregularity occurs.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000.00
individual email addresses and names from all over the world. To begin your
lottery claim, please contact our agent below that have been appointed for
the processing of your claim with your contact telephone and fax number to
begin the processing of your payment.


CONTACT NAME: DR BARNABAS SANDILE DUBE.
EMAIL: agent_barnabasdube2000@hotmail.com

It is imperative that you contact your assigned payment officer within two
weeks of receipt of this missive via the aforementioned details conveyed
herein. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in subsequent
promos. Please note in order to avoid preventable delays and Complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as
soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr.Stephen Walker
Vice President
Luckyday Lottery

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