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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:
  • "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.
  • +447005801481 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lottery Coordinator" <promouk62007@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:06:09 +0100
Subject: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT


*LOTTERY COORDINATOR*
*NOTIFICATION DESK*
*(Customer Service)**
CHARITY E-LOTTERY,UK
10 Penrhyn Rd Colwyn
Bay LL29 8LG.
Tel: +44-7005-801-481
Fax: +44-7005-803-625
**
Dear Recipient,*
* * * WINNER 2ND
CATEGORY

We happily announce to you the draw (05/1020) of the CHARITY E-LOTTERY,online
Sweepstakes International program held prior to the date of your
notification. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:(19)-(25) - (32)-(47)-
(48)-(49)bonus # (28).Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd ca!
tego! ry i.e match 5 plus bonus. You have there! fo! re bee n approved to
claim a total sum of £6,000,000 (Six million, Great Britain Pounds) in
cash credited to file KTL/9023116308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
£12,000,000 shared amongst the first(2) lucky winners in this category
i.e. Match 5 plus bonus. All participants for the online version were
selected rand! oml! y from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system
and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies
that are listed online. This promotion takes place bianually.

You are to contact your transfer agents James Doherty & Co for due
processing and remittance of your fund to a nominated account of your
choice. To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that
you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until
the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds
remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non participants of
this program. Please contact your claims agent immediately with the contact
information below:

MR.ASHLEY COLE
Financial Director
James Doherty & Co
apt1,an sauran,moycullen,galway
United Kingdom
TEL: +44-7011-120-678
FAX: +44-7005-801-586
Email:office@jamesdoherty.co.uk
<http://uk.f272.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=7201_14709466_158449_1480_26_0_4722_-1_0&Idx=1&YY=94945&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox>

You are advised to contact our agents by email and/or fax within two week of
receiving this notice. Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and
Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER:KTL/9023116308/03
BATCH NUMBER: R3/A312-59.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

Allen Smith (Mr.)
Director. International Promotions Unit


N.B: Charity E-Lottery pays in excess of 50% of its funds in prize money.
The balance is used to fund projects in Wales in the areas of health, sport,
recreation, arts, culture and national heritage, including the welsh
language. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your
claims agent
*

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