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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "universal stakes lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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.
  • +447024021204 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • universalstakeslotto@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: horizonstakeslotto@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 10:32:00 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOU=20HAVE=20BEEN=20AWARDED=20A=20LUMP=20SUM=2E=2E?=

FROM:- THE LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR
HORIZON STAKES LOTTERY PROMOTION.....
IN CONJUCTION WITH
MAJOUR GROUP OF OIL COMPANIES (gbdm/md).

REF NUMBER:006/65/75/260
BATCH NUMBER:008/66/76/280
Ticket Number: 27522465896-6453

RESULTS FOR PROMOTIONAL DRAW.
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Winners
in our UNIVERSAL STAKES Lottery Program held on the 3rd of August 2007,Which
was later released on the 5th of August 2007,with Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number 27522465896-6453 with serial number 3772-554 drew lucky
numbers 7-14-18-31-45 which consequently won in the 2ND category, you have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 3,000,000 EUROS (THREE
MILLION EUROS),which is the winning payout for Category B winners.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims have been fully processed
and your money Remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid multiple claims and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names
from all over the world.

This promotional program takes place every five years.

This lottery was promoted and sponsored by stakes lottery and his
royal higness holsanah bolkiah (sultan of Brunei)and other major oil companies
as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities
where they have operational base.We hope with part of your winnings you
will take part in our next year,Ten million Euros UNIVERSAL STAKES lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial Claims Agent:-

Mr. Richard Jackson..
Reply Email :- universalstakeslotto@o2.pl

Remember all winning must be claimed very soon to avoid any unforseen
circumstances N.B. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,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.

You can travel down to any of our seven paying stations for this
award session, which might be any of the following countries where we have
our lottery accounts deposited with different finance institution including:
U.K, SWITZERLAND, BELGIUM,AMSTERDAM, BRUNIE...e.t.c.

Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform our agent
as soon as possible. Congratulations!! once more from our members of staff
and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

You are required to forward the following details to your claims agent
to help facilitate the processing of your claims which will facilitate the
release of your winnings as soon as possible.

1. your full names
2. your full home / office address
3. direct telephone/fax numbers and email

the above detailed information will be absolutely necessary to file in
your claims.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program...

Note:- Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours Sincerely,

TEL: 44 7024021204
TEL: 44 7040131038
Mr. Richard Jackson...

UNIVERSAL STAKES Lottery (co-ordinator)

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 immediately.

Mr. Richard Jackson..
Reply Email :- universalstakeslotto@o2.pl

Dr. Francisco Luciano Torres
(Vice President).
CONGRATULATIONS...


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