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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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 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.
  • +447045738208 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Rosemary Robert <rrrosemary71@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:50:45 +0000
Subject: Contact your claims agent



FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENTDEAR Prize Winner, RESULTS FOR PROMOTIONAL DRAW.
NATION WIDE LOTTO UK wishes to inform you of the results of It's Promotional draws held on the 27TH July 2007. We are happy to officially inform you that you have emerged a winner under our Third Category Draws, which is part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 40,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our International Promotions Program. Your Lottery Claim is attached to ticket number 44-3-2, with serial number 708-4, and drew the lucky numbers 05 07 18 27 31 36 (46) to emerge one of the third category winners.You have consequently been awarded a lump sum pay out of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pounds) in cash, which is the winning payout for Third Category winners. This is from the total prize money of £10,000,000.00 shared between 10 international winners in the category.
CONGRATULATIONS!Your fund is now deposited with ACE FINANCE LTD in your REFERENCE and BATCH NUMBER. In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program.Please find below the contact information of your claim agent contact, please contact him without delay to claim you funds.
MR.Michael JamesFOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER,ACE FINANCE LTD.PHONE: +44-7045738208EMAIL: jjamich@web2mail.comFor due processing and remittance of your prize money remember, you must contact your claims agent not later than a week from the day this notification was received, after this, all funds will be returned as unclaimed back to our lottery company.NOTE: For easy reference and identification, Find below your reference and Batch numbers, remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent/Company.REFERENCE NUMBER: 3NW-3BATCH NUMBER: FN-112.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,Rosemary RobertLOTTERY COORDINATORNATIONWIDE LOTTO UKSOUTH PARK BUSINESS CENTRE 310 GREEN LANE, ILFORD,IG1 1XT, ESSEX.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims agent.(TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY)


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