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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:

• 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.
  • +4407024035466

Fraud email example:

From: "ONLINE PROMOTION PRIZE AWARD" <mattewdave1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:06:04 +0000
Subject: HEINEKEN BOTTLING COMPANY

 

HEINEKEN BOTTLING COMPANY

#55 SCHOOL GATE PLACE,
STAMFORD BRIDGE,
LONDON,

SW1V 3DW.
UNITED KINGDOM.


Dear Lucky Winner,

    THE HEINEKEN COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of Heineken   Annual Promo. 
 The online Heineken  Annual Promo draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer (TOPAZ) search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
 
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of (12)twelve winners in the fourth category for the second prize with the following data:
 
Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: 14/28/0046
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750
 
You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of 1,000,000.00  (ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING ) each from the total payout.
 
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our  African booklet representative office in West Africa as indicated in  your play coupon.
 
To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited Processing manager/security company for SECOND category winners with the information below: You are required to fill and SUBMIT the following informations to the Processing manager via email below.

NAME:..........................................................
AGE:.............................................................
SEX:.............................................................

ADDRESS:..................................................
PHONE:.......................................................
OCCUPATION:..........................................
COMPANY:.................................................
ANNUAL INCOME:..................................

NEXT OF KIN...........................................
STATE.........................................................
COUNTRY:.................................................
NATIONALITY..........................................

 

 

Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it  immediately to our Promotion manager  through email or fax for prompt collection of your fund.

 

( CONTACT OUR PROMOTION MANAGER )

Overseas Claims/United Kingdom Payment Unit

================================
Name :  Mr. Lesley Macdavidson

Email :  agent_lesley@msn.com

Phone : +44 (0) 7024035466

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You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.
Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your Promotion Manager.

 

Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program. 

   OUR SPONSORS:  

Note that  this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group
of philanthropist, industrialists from the internet hardware industry
and some other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.

Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mr.  Allan Brown

HEINEKEN Games/Lottery Coordinator.

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