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

Fraud email example:

From: "rosa williams" <w_rosa101@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:34:23 +0000
Subject: LOTTO MEGA WINNING.!!!

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
JURIST LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT
WHITE HART LANE, LONDON N17 8HR, UNITED KINGDOM.

Dear Winner,

REF: 041238013011JLP
BATCH: 0034712-EX

AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE.

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today, 25th July, 2006, of Winners of the JURIST PROMO
LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM,draws held on 23rd July, 2006.

Your email address attached to ticket number
023-0148-790-459, with serial number 8973-20 drew the
lucky numbers 09-44-44-76-27-11, and consequently won
the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for lump sum pay Out
of (£1.500.000.00) One Million, five hundred thousand
British Pounds in cash credited to file REF
No.041238013011JLP. This is from total prize Money Of
(£25.500.000.00) Twenty-Five Million, five hundred
thousand British Pounds shared among the seventeen
International winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer
Ballot System drawn from 25,000 email addresses from
Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America
and Asia as Part of International Promotions Program,
which is Conducted Annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and addresses, we
ask that you keep this Award strictly from Public
notice until your claim has been processed and
released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming by participants of this program. We hope with
a part of your prize, you will participate in our end
of year high stakes £500 Million International
Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact our
Director,Claims/Remittance Department:

Mr. Patrick Benoit.
Director,Claims/Remittance Department,
JURIST LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY,
LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.
Email: benoits_p@yyhmail.com

He will process and ensure the release of your won
prize Money.

Note that all prize money must be claimed not later
than 10th August, 2006. After this date, all funds shall
be returned to our treasury as unclaimed prize money.

In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications,
please remember to quote your Reference and batch
numbers in every of your correspondence with our
payment officer.

Congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Rosa Williams.
The Promotions Manager, JURIST LOTTO
PROMO LOTTERY,LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.

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