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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +447011149380 (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.
  • davidclintonagent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "POWERBALL BV LOTTO" <jenni@reedtribe.org>
Reply-To: davidclintonagent@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:44:07 -0800
Subject: !!!!!!YOU WON!!!!!!!

POWERBALL LOTTO. BV
POWERBALL-WHEEL E-GAME 2006
( XMAS BONANZA)



POWERBALL LOTTO
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.UK
Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Coupon No PBL/2348974321

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the POWERBALL LOTTO International
programs held on the

20th December, 2006 in UK. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
564 75600545-188 with

Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 17 -21 -25 -27 -30 -37- 16
which subsequently won

you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to
claim a total sum of

500,000.00 US (five hundred thousand,US Dollars) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02.This

is from a total cash prize of US 125 Million Dollars, shared amongst the
first Fifty (50) lucky

winners in this category.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative

office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your
500,000.00(five hundred

thousand,Dollars) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in Ireland.Our
agent will

immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds
to you as soon as you

make contact with her. All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site through

computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised
to keep your winning

information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted
to you in whatever

manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary
measure to avoid

double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous
elements. Please be

warned.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the
below details for

processing of your claims.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the POWERBALL LOTTO
Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person:David Clinton

Email: davidclintonagent@yahoo.co.uk

Web Site: www.powerball.com

TEL: +447011149380
TEL: +447031926628
TEL: +447031927425



FILL AND SUBMIT TO THE FIDUCIARY AGENT FOR FOLLOW UP

1.TEL: ........................................................................


2.SEX: .......................................................................


3.AGE: ......................................................................


4.FULL NAME: ...................................................................


5.MARITAL STATUS..........................................

6.ADDRESS: ...........................................................

7.COUNTRY: .............................................................


8.OCCUPATION: ...................................................

9.CURRENT EMAIL..................................................

10. SERIAL NUMBER...................................

11. TICKET NUMBER...................................

12. LUCKY NUMBERS...................................

13. Please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your
fund Paid to you; listed

below is our payment modalities and option of payment.



(1) TRAVELLING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR CASH COLLECTION (Send flight itinerary

to confirm your arrival/appointment Date}:..........................

(2) BY COURIER SERVICE:....................................................


(3) ELECTRONIC WIRE TRANSFER:...................................

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch
numbers and

Name in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you for being part

of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Elizabeth Church
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the POWERBALL LOTTO
Online coordinator for POWERBALL LOTTO International Program.

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