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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:
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • dr.pancham05@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: PEERLESS FINANCE & INVESTMENT <info_peerlessfinance@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dr.pancham05@yahoo.co.in
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:15:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: NOTIFICATION





SONY CORPORATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH PEERLESS FINANCE & INVESTMENT COMPANY




NOTIFICATION
We are highly delighted to inform you that your email account has been chosen in the "INVEST WISELY PROGRAMME" by the SONY CORPORATION . You are part of the 20 lucky beneficiaries who are to be rewarded for your patronage and also to provide funds for investment in your chosen area of specialization.

The draws was fully based on an lucky dip selection of customers using their e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web(www)sites.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers and bonus ball number which subsequently won you the prize in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US $250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.

This is from the total cash prize of US$5,000,000 Million Dollars,shared amongst the first Twenty(20) lucky customers in this category.All the lucky customers were selected from six hundred thousand E-mail addresses from our customers from all over Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions programme which is conducted annually.This "INVEST WISELY PROGRAMME"is being promoted PEERLESS FINANCE & INVESTMENT COMPANY and sponsored by SONY CORPORATION as part of their social responsibility to their customers in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our New Delhi office,INDIA. We hope you are enjoying our quality products. We can also assist you to invest the sum in opening a SONY sales outlet in your community also to broaden our distribution outlets worldwide. The investment manager will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU QUOTE YOUR BELOW WINNING PARTICULARS WHEN CONTACTING YOUR AGENT:
Ref: 4758961725
Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188
Winning no: FGNGB2701/LPRC


HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
Simply contact the investment manager, Dr. Pancham Kartik at
email: (dr.pancham05@yahoo.co.in) by
filling this form below and send it to him to file for
your claim .

LUCKY CUSTOMERS CLAIMS FORM .
FULLNAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
ADDRESS..................................................
SEX.........................
AGE..................................
MARITAL STATUS...................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
FAX......................................................
EMAIL.................................................
DATE......................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED
FOR PAYMENT.

Please quote your reference,batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all lucky customers to keep this information confidential(VERY SECRET) from the public until your claim is processed and your prize money remitted/released to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements,equally to guard against non participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this programme. Note that, all winnings MUST be claimed by within two weeks of notice ; otherwise the said amount will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip programme.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Yours in service,



Sincerely,
Mr. S. K. ROY
M.D.
PEERLESS FINANCE & INVESTMENT COMPANY
A-52, Mohan Co-operative Industrial Estate Limited,
Mathura Road,
New Delhi 110 044.
India.

"INVEST WISELY PROGRAMME" is not merely a slogan. It is our mission, and our passion. Sony's unique marriage of content and technology enables us to understand the creative process, consumer desires and the technologies that unite them. No other content company has Sony's intuitive grasp of technology. And no other technology company has Sony's intimate understanding of the creative demands and possibilities of content.
:words by.....
Sir Howard Stringer,
Chairman and CEO,
SONY CORPORATION.





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