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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • srjoopseguro@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "admine dpt" <legacy20210@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:32:33 -0800
Subject:


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27
BATCH:15/623/SP.
Registered Lottery No 220949

CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Dear Esteemed Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
YAHOO! International
Promotions Program held on the 18th of June 2007. Your
e-mail address
attached to ticket number 883734657492-5319 with
serial number 7263-
267, batch number 8254297137 drew the lucky numbers
14-22-28-37-40-44
which consequently won in the 1st category, you have
therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of E500,000.00 (i.e
Five Hundred
Thousand euros)in cash credited to
file
REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27. This is from total prize
money of
US$20,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen
international winners in
this category.

The reason this lottery was organized is to thank the
numerous public
including users and non-users of YAHOO MAIL for the
financial benefits
THE YAHOO CORPORATION have received as a result of
their patronage this
financial year.

To begin your claims therefore, you are advised as a
matter of urgency,
to contact the under listed licensed and accredited
claims agent for
the processing of your prize awards winning.

Please contact your claims agent immediately, to begin
your claims
process:

MR JOOP VAN GEIS
REMMITANCE DIRECTOR
YAHOO PROMOTION SP
Calle Antonio Cosal,
233-234
10003, Conslada
Madrid.
Email- srjoopseguro@yahoo.com
Tel-+34676047006
You are to provide the assigned cliams agent via email
with the under
listed information as soon as possible.

======================================================================


APPLICATION FOR PRIZE
CLAIM
(Receipt Official
Notification Letter)

FULL NAMES* CONTACT ADDRESS* COUNTRY:* SEX* AGE*
MARITAL STATUS*
OCCUPATION* NATIONALITY*
TELEPHONE NUMBER* EMAIL ADDRESS* HAVE YOU A PASSPORT
OR LICENCE
(identification on delivery)*
TICKET NUMBER* SERIAL NUMBER* BATCH NUMBER* REFERENCE
NUMBER*


Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!


CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your Sincerely,
Mrs. Amelia Hunts
Online Promotions Manager
Sp Administrative Unit

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