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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447024099580 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sachsen Lotto-GmbH" <lottoclaims@ptmc.net>
Reply-To: louis_demps06@luxmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:58:23 -0400
Subject: Congratulations!!!







Sachsen Lotto-GmbH
Central Office
Management and Central Services:
Sachsen-Strasse 52,DE-13370 Postdam
Germany.Reference Number
SL/06-GmbH/4009
Batch: SL/06- GmbH/3434

Congratulations!!!
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just
concluded annual final draws of Sachsen Lotto-GmbH Program.

Sachsen Lotto-GmbH draws was conducted from an exclusive
list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and
corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random
computer ballot search from the internet as part of our
international promotions program which we conduct every
year."No tickets were sold".
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address
attached to serial number 25-6565 drew the lucky numbers
6-13-18-24-33-39 which consequently emerged you as one of
first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of
$650,000.00 (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States
Dollars) in cash credited to file SL/06-GmbH/4009. This is
from a total cash prize of $13 Million Euro(Thirteen Million
Dollars) shared amongst the first Twenty (20) lucky winners
in this category.
Your win is is under supervision of the Games and Lotto
payout subcommitee with a hardcover insurance.
Due to the mix up of some reference and batch numbers,we
advise that you keep this award from public notice until
your claim has been processed and your money remitted to
You,as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by
the general public.

Note:Your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in United Kingdom. In view of
this, your $650,000.00 (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars) would be released to you by our affiliate
Representative Bureau office in Europe. Our agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with the
representative office.

To begin your claim please contact our licensed and
accredited agent assigned to you:

NAME:.....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
FAX........................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:...............................
AMOUNT WON........................

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it
immediately to our
Promotion manager along with your winning numbers through
email or fax for prompt collection of your fund from the
designated bank.

Mr.louis Demps
Sachsen Lotto-GmbH
Information and Payment Bureau:
London Representative Office.
Phone:Tell+44 702 409 9580
+44 702 409 9580
E-mail: louis_demps06@luxmail.com

Your claims agent will assist you in the processing and
remittance of your prize funds.
Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than
One month. After this date all funds will be returned to the
LOTTERIE TREASURY as unclaimed.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please endeavor to quote your Reference
Number:SL/06-GmbH/4009 and Batch numbers:SL/06-GmbH/3434 in
every correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should
there be any change in your address, do inform your claims
agent as soon as possible.
Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not
allowed to participate in this program.

Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and
thanks for being part of our promotions program.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Julia Flo
Promotions Manager.
Sachsen Lotto-GmbH.

***Sachsen Lotterien made the following
annotations-----------
This communication is a confidential and proprietary
business
communication.
It is intended solely for the use of the designated
recipient(s).
If this communication is received in error, please contact
the sender
and delete this communication.

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