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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.
• 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.
  • pballclaim2007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "POWERBALL LOTTERY" <pball_result05@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pballclaim@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:29:58 -0500
Subject: LOTTERY WINNER CONTACT QUINCY ROBINS

POWERBALL LOTTERY INC.

263 Craven Park,

Charleston,
London NW10 United Kingdom
POWERBALL BV LOTTERY 2007
Date:  17th February, 2007
Ref Number: PBL/ CN/ 6652/ CP

 

Dear Consolation Prize Winner,

 

           CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE

 

British and American private international e-games organizers

and co-sponsors, POWERBALL LOTTO Group International,

officially bring to your notice the final draw and the result of

the 16th February, 2007

 

POWERBALL LOTTO-Wheel E-game which was conducted at our
international cooperate office complex in London, United Kingdom.

Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME

to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By

doing this the foundation s eek to encourage the use of Internet for

academic and business pursuits. It's major aim is to promote music,

theater art, literature, projects in the social and political arena with

a focus on health, as well as science research and education.

 

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your
email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky

consolation prize winners. Your email identified(ID) with Coupon

No. PBL 165 82733 and was selected by our E-games Random

Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different

email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was

included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted

by our partner international email provider companies. You have

won a consolation cash prize of 50,000.00GBP(Fifty thousand

Pounds only).

 

The POWERBALL LOTTO Group have approved a payout of your
consolation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you

by our Official Finance House. They will render to you complete

assistance and provide additional information and processes for

the claims of your consolation prize.

 

For due processing of your winning claim, please contact Mrs. Quincy Robins 

our Powerball Lottery agent who has been

assi gned to assist you with the following details.

WINNING INFO:
Amount Won: 50,000.00GB P
Coupon Number: PBL 16582733
Reference Number: PBL/ CN/ 6652/ CP
Date of draw:  16th February, 2007

 

Provided below is a Claims Release/Verification Form, you are

required to completely fill the claims form with your correct
information and submit to Mrs. Quincy Robins immediately.

====================================
CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM
====================================
FULL NAMES:
FORWARDING ADDRESSES:
CITY/STATE:
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
MARITAL STATUS:
NATIONALITY:
SEX:
DATE OF BIRTH:
EMAIL:
OCCUPATION:
TEL/FAX:
CLAIMANT SIGNATURE:(If possible)

 

CONTACT INFO:
Name: Mrs. Quincy Robins
Email: pballclaim2007@yahoo.com

 

Once again congratulations from the management of the
Powerball International Lottery on your consolation prize
winning, we hope that you will use the winning for good
causes and also partake in the forth coming Powerball
Lottery Wheel E-games.

 

Regards,

 

Mr. COLLINS HOSH
(Group Coordinator) ;

 

Copyright; 1997-2007 Power Ball BV Lottery International Inc.

www.powerballlottery.com

All rights reserve.

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