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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +447024065565 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • lamontwood322@yahoo.ie (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: THE IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY <lamontwood322@yahoo.ie>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 19:13:54 -0400
Subject: SUCCESS ALERT!!!

THE IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O Box 1010
11 G Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland
Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

                         WINNING NOTIFICATION              
 We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the IRISH
LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday
23rd Of May 2007-Time 11.27pm.It is now available for claims and you are getting the
final NOTIFICATION as regards this.Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers  04, 05, 14, 32, 35, 36, Bonus 26 which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 1st category i.e LOTTO PLUR 2 RECULTS

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 450,000,00(
Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euros) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of 2.75 Million
Euros shared amongst the first(6)lucky winners in this category i.e
Match 5 plus bonus.To file for your claim, please contact our
fiduciary
agent:

MR LAMONT WOOD.
Email:lamontwood322@yahoo.ie
Tel:+44 702 406 5565

Endeavour to email/fax him your full names,winning numbers and email
address immediately.
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE IRISH LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Dolly Richard(Mrs)

Online coordinator for THE IRISH LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

 

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