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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme"
• 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.
  • +447024020407 (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.
  • claimsdeliverydept@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EUROPEAN AWARD DEPARTMENT <claimsdeliverydept@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:04:04 -0300
Subject: YOUR MAIL WAS ATTACHED TO A TICKET NUMBER(YOU'VE WON 1.5MILLION POUNDS)


EUROPEAN PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF:
(Registration LT12).
Corporate headquarters
P O Box 2314
Bermingham, b80 1up
UNITED KINGDOM



WINNING NOTIFICATION/ PROCESSING ADVISE
Security Code No.ULI/APRXX/05
Ref: UK/9420X/68
Batch: 07405/ZY369
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on Saturday August 8th 2006 from the United Kingdom International Lottery programme. Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.
Your name was attached to ticket number; 5647560054 serial number 5360/02 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 7-27-29-37-14 bonus number 40, which consequently won you the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of 1.5,000,000GBP.(I.5 MILLION GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of 1.5,000,000.00GBP
All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our representative offices in europe, as indicated in your play coupon.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE, Simply contact our agent,

MR. KENNY MORGAN.
Email:claimsdeliverydept@yahoo.co.uk
Tele: +44 7024020407
+44 7024020403

For the immediate release of your funds you are to provide the following details to our agent;
1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number (Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):
10 Cell Number: (Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):
11. Fax Number:
12. Draw Number above
13. Annual income:
14. Payment Method (Bank transfer,Cheque by Courier company)
For easy claim of prizes

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel, Please Be Warned.

CONTACT OUR AGENT AT claimsdeliverydept@yahoo.co.uk .ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF
THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

Richard Woodgate
Coodinator

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