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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:
  • "claim 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 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.
  • stevenbarlow101@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Promotions Manager" <managre10omo2@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:36:41 +0100
Subject: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LDL /2551256003/22
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD
ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM,
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE We are pleased to inform you of the
announcement today,29th of December 2006 that you are one of the winners
ofthe LUCKY DAY LOTTERY INTERNATIONALPROGRAMS held on 27th of December
2006.Your email Address,attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750, with
serial number 2113-22 drew thelucky numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43; the
lotterywas categorized into four zonal(Africa,America, Europe,Australia and
Asia)stages with the amount won by individual respectively and
consequentlyyou have won the lottery in the 1stcategory.You have therefore
been
approved for a lump sum pay out of1,000,000.00 Euro[One Million Euros
Euros]Credited to file REFNO.LDL/2551256003/22.This is from total prize
of17,000,000.00 Euro in 1st categorysharedamong the seventeen
international winners in this category.
Allparticipantswere selected through a computer ballot system drawn
>from 15 millionpersonal and Business email addresses from across the
globe as partofInternational Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually.CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You are required keep this award to yourself until your claim has
beenprocessed and your money remitted to you. This is part of
oursecurityprotocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts
byparticipants of this program.
Through computer balloting you were been zoned for your winnings
to be released in our Europe Payment office which is in United Kingdom.To
begin your claim, please contact your claim Agent with the details
below:
NAME:Steven Barlow
Email Address:stevenbarlow101@yahoo.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than two weeksafter
the day of notification. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
pleaseremember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one
ofyour correspondences with your agent.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform
yourclaims agent as soon as possible.Congratulations again from all our
staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.Note:
Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely,
Lucy Howards
Promotions Manager
www.luckyday.nl

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