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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million british pounds" (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.
  • promoagent@lycos.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peakpromo@terra.es" <peakpromo@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:19:26 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: BONANZA



THE PEAK PROMOTIONS LOTTO COMPANY
UK HEAD OFFICE
54 CANARY WHARF
LONDON. EC1 4BU
ENGLAND
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Dear Winner,
=20
We are please to announce you as one of the 10=20

lucky winners in the Peak Promotions Lotto draw=20

held on the 235th of july 2007,selected from a=20

batch of 50,000,000 international emails.Your=20

email address emerged alongside 9 others as=20

acategory 2 winner in this year's Annual Peak
Promotion Lotto Draw.
=20
Consequently,you have therefore been approved for=20

a total pay out of =C2=A34,000,000 pounds (Four=20

million British pounds)only.The following=20

particulars are attached
to your lotto payment order:
=20
(i) winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) email ticket number: PPL754/22/76
(iii) lotto code number: PPL09622UK
(iv) the file Ref number: PPL/04/736207152/UK
=20
Please contact the underlisted claims Agent as=20

soon as possible for the immediate release of=20

your winnings:
=20
Mr.elliot walkings
Payment Agent
The Peak Promotion Lotto Company
=20
EMAIL:promoagent@lycos.com
=20
N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;

1.Please quote your Reference number in all
correspondencewith the claims officer.

2.Winners should send to claim officer account
detail oraddress where they want their prize paid=20

or sent.

3.Winners must send thier names,address,telephone
number and means of identification (international=20

passport or drivers licence)to claim officer to=20

process immediate payment of their prize.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
=20
Sincerely,
elliot walkings
Promotions Manager
Peak Promotion Lotto company
UK & Europe.=20
=20
The PeakPromotionsLotto Awards is proudly=20

sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation,the Intel
Group,Toshiba,Dell computers,Mckintosh and a=20

conglomeration of other international IT=20

companies.The peak promotions Lotto internet draw=20

is held once in a year and is so organized to=20

encourage the use of the internet and computers=20

worldwide.We are proud to say that over 200=20

Million Euros are won annually in more than 150=20

countries worldwide.
=20





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