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

Fraud email example:

From: "ibru ibru" <ibruibru3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: h_b_claims@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:59:36 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS/NOTIFICATION

UNIVERSAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
#4 LIBERTY STREET MANHATTAN NEW YORK
FileNo.ULI/CF/1M/14/ES/06
Winning No. USI/PW/47721/FL
Lucky No.PG72911

CONGRATULATIONS/NOTIFICATION


We are delighted to notify you on the draw of the
Universal Lottery International programme held on the
10th of January 2007 in New York USA,which is fully
based on electronic selection of winners, using their
email addresses.Your email address was attached to
ticket number ULI/5228/ES/06 that draw the lucky
numbers of PG72911 and consequently won you the
lottery in the 3rd category with the winning number
USI/PW/47721/FL.
You have been approved the winning prize
ofUS$1,000,000.00 (One million US dollar) in file
jacket number USLI/CF/1M/14/ES/06 from the total cash
of US$21,000,000.00 (Twenty one million US dollar}
shared among the first Twenty one (21)lucky winners.
All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites emails and guest book through computer
balloting draw system and extracted from over Nine
hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,
Australia,United States,Asia,Europe, Middle
East,Africa and Oceania as part of our international
promotions programme.

This promotion programme is conducted annuallyand been
sponsored by Sultan Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft
and associates to encourage the use of internet and
computers world wide and a conglomorateof some
multinational companies as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the communities
where they have operational base.For security reasons
you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential from the public till your claim
is processed and your winning prize of US$1,000,000.00
(One million US dollar) released to you, this is
precaution measure to avoid double claiming and taken
unwarranted advantage of this programme by non
participant or unofficial personnel.
We hope with part of your prize, you will
participatein our end of year high stakes for US$1.7
Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR $1,000,000.00 WINNING PRIZE.
Contact your Claims agent Dr harmilton briggs through
email at:Email;h_b_CLAIMS@YAHOO.COM,
Please quote your file number, winning number, lucky
number which can be found on the top left corner of
this notification with your Full contact address, Full
name, Age, Occupation,Bank Account detials and
Telephone/Fax number to easily locate your file.
Congratulations once again on your winning!!!
Yours Sincerely,
Michael Smith,
(Zonal
Coordinator)

NOTE:
WINNERS BELOW THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN (18) WILL BE
AUTHOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED. DO NOT REPLY THROUGH THIS
MEDIUM.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT DR.HARMILTON BRIGGS
THROUGH EMAIL AT:h_b_CLAIMS@YAHOO.COM

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