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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")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +2348036710621 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • agentrevfrank@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sandra johnson <cocacolaloto_805@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:17:05 -0600
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!






Programs and Events DepartmentThe Cocacola Lottery - Frontline Group,P.O. Box 251,WatfordWD1 8GD www.xmshowcase.com/coca-cola/lottery_splash.shtml


INTERNATIONALPROMOTION PROGRAM

We are pleased to notify you the draw of the COCACOLA SERIAL NUMBER,Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held on the mouth of June ,2007 Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America,Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions programme conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots. We are officially informing you of the result of the Frontline Cocacola Lottery Winners International programs held on the 20th June, 2007 as part of our promotional programs for the year 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 56475600545188 with reference number CO/9420x/68 ,cheque number 30-90-57 ,drew winning numbers 7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to batch number 074/05/zy369 and serial number 5368/2 which consequently won in the 3rd category via our electronic ticket as stated above.

You have therefore been approved for a pay out of £ 100,000 GBP(One hundred thousand Pounds Sterling). Note: that this year's cocacola lottery up take is base in Africa and your winning prize cheque will be issued out in Nigeria. CONGRATULATIONS!!! We also advice that you keep your winning information very confidential as our security policy demands, to avoid double claims/impersonation and unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 500,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. This promotional program being the first of its kind will now take place annually and we hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year International Lottery. To file for your claim, you will be contacting our Customer Service Unit, authorized to conduct the neccessary erification to enable you receive total payment (You will receive more information upon your acknowledgment of this email). This promotional lottery is promoted and sponsored by the Cocacola company management and we intend to use this medium to help individuals generate fortunes which would encourage them to expand their business frontiers thereby creating more opportunities and assisting with humanitarian concerns within their immediate environment. All winning must be claimed not later than One Week of Acknowledgment. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as Unclaimed. After this date all winning funds will be included in our subsequent program.

In order to avoid complications always quote your reference number in all correspondence.
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Note: Don't reply this mail to me but rather reply it to our fiduciary agent in Nigeria. Name: Rev John ChurchillEmail: agentrevfrank@myway.com
Phone number: +234 803 6710 621 and state your winning , refrence , batch and serial numbers on your mail. CONGRATULATIONS!!! At your disposal, we remain. Very Truly Yours, Mrs Sandra Johnson.


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