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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:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • claimming_manager044@gawab.com
  • claimming_manager044@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lottery Company" <lotoballots028@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:49:18 +0000
Subject: WINNING/AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION

UNITED STATE IN COLABRATION
WITH GOLD MINING COMPANY.

NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION

COTONOU-REPUBLIC DU BENIN.

WINNER- REF: LP/26510460037/07.

BATCH: 24/00319/IPE  

http://www.WorldWideLotto.com

                            

                         

                        WINNING/AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION

 

It is our pleasure to inform you of the declaration and a of winners of the LONDONMILLION INT  LOTTERY AWARD held on 27TH of JAN 2007. Having picked your mail address by our electronic web site visitors collectors in-recognition of your patronage to the Internet services. In the final draw,your name was attached to ticket number 6325698-44596-222, with serial number 410-32659,draw lucky numbers 4014-236985744-596 which consequently won in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ($1,000,000.00 ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS), In cash accredited file No:LP/26510460037/03. This is from a Total  Cash Prize of ($48,400,000,000.00 FOURTY EIGHT BILLION FOUR HUNDRED MILLION U.SDOLLARS) shared among the 22 International Countries in this category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Africa, Australia, New Zealand, America,Europe,North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program that is conducted annually to encourage the use of Internet and Internet based programs. We are delighted to express our heartfelt congratulations to you.

 

We hope that with a fraction ofyour wining money,you will be able to assist the less privilege in your society and also participate in our next year high stakes promotions of Euro 100 million International Lottery. For your information on how you will start the Processing and remittance of your prize money to your designated account of your choice.

Please contact the claimming Manager stated below to receive your winning Money immediately:

NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS/PRIZE GIVING AWARD

12TH. AVENUE KWAME N'KRUMAH,

COTONOU-REPUBLIC DU BENIN.

NAME: MR. ALLEN  SMITH.

Email: claimming_manager044@gawab.com & claimming_manager044@yahoo.com

 

Remember,all prize money must be claimed not later than 10th May 2007,.After this duration, all funds will be returned to the Ministry of Economics Affairs as unclaimed.

 

Note: Should there be any change of your address, do inform the claimming Manager to process your transaction as soon as possible!!! CONGRATULATION!!!.  Congratulations from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.

 

We wish you continued good fortunes.

 

Best Wishes.

 

The Management,

Lottery Organisation.

 

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