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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.
• 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")
  • "foreign service manager" (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.
  • triangleagency@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO MILLIONES LOTTO" <contactstaat@ummah.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:52:43 -1000
Subject: Your Email Account Won(WORLD CUP)

FROM EURO MILLIONES LOTTO
TIEGANTER STRASSE
22045 BERLIN,
GERMANY.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: TCSL/2551256003/77 BATCH: 14/0017/SPM/IPD
RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

Date: 09-07-06

WINNING NOTICE

We happily announce to you the draws of the football World cup year
Big Lottery International programs held on the 9th of June 2006 here in
Berlin, Germany in which you and forty nine (49) others were selected
as winners under different draws .Your email address attached to ticket
number 025-1146-1992-750, with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky
numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd
category. This promotion takes place every World cup football year.
CONGRATULATIONS!

Please be inform that all participants in this Lottery Program have
been selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over
200,000 Companies and 30,000,000 individual email address from all search
engines and web sites. This Lottery is organized by the host country
Germany in collaboration with FIFA. Funds for the draws were contributed
by the major sponsors of the games, such as Nike, Addidas, Puma, Coca
Cola,Pepsi, T-mobile, hyundai motors, Emirates airline,Mastercard,
Toshiba Computers, etc.

Your fund is now deposited with a Financial house and insured. 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
program. To begin your claim, please contact the clearing house (through
your claims agent) the body assigned with the verification of any
emergent winner. Therefore all protocols laid down by them must be followed
to facilitate your claims, since you did not buy a ticket, you will be
required to pay the legal/affidavit charges.

CONTACT: MR. ALEX MORGAN,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
TRIANGLE AGENCY BV
DEN HAAG,NETHERLANDS.
TEL NO.0031-616-759-961
EMAIL:triangleagency@walla.com
triangleagency@aim.com

Also find all other relevant winning lottery Information below:
Ref No: TCSL/2551256003/77
Batch No: 14/0017/IPD
Zonal Draw No: GSLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$1,000,000.00 (One million Dollars only) in cash credited to file REF NO:
TCSL/2551256003/77. This is from total prize money of US$8,000,000.00 shared
among the fifty international winners in the different category. For due
processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account
of your choice. Remember that you must contact your claim agent not
later than three weeks after the world cup. After this date, all funds will
be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE:
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
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,

Ms. Alesia Gabardi
The Promotions Manager.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your
claim agent.

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