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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • internationalpayhousedept@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "claims@primelotteryheadquarter claims@primelotteryheadquarter" <claims_primelotteryheadquarter@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:24:44 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ATTN:Mr Surya Nirmalpal............................YOUR SOLUTION AND GET YOUR FUNDS.



PRIME LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY PROMOTION
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Reference Number: PM/613/580-UK,
Serial Number 176087,
Lucky Number:UK 22/15406,
Batch Number:042/100546/192VE



Your email was received and acknowledged.I want to commend you first for your precautionary measures so you don't fall into the wrong hands again as the saying goes once bitten, twice shy. This company is a well known organisation although most fraudsters have used our names and other reputable companies to practise their scandalous act and thus putting us in a state of anarchy.

We are very much aware of the fact that there many scam artists and fraudsters out there to rip people of their money but have it in mind that this firm is not known for nefarious act as everything we do here is being governed by the British Authorities and higher bodies. I will direct you to were you will lay your complaints in regards the payment you made previously and your money won from the lottery organisation.

WORLD LOTTERY BOARD/THE INTERNATIONAL PAY HOUSE LONDON will help you in tracking down those who collected money from you.They have published many names in the past and they have some of these people in their custody and they will transfer winners funds to them the way they deem fit.
You are advised to contact them with this information below and state how and who you paid the money to and they will be at your service.Their contact information is as follows:

WORLD LOTTERY BOARD.
FROM THE DESK OF LEGAL DIRECTOR,
INTERNATIONAL PAY/CLEARING HOUSE
INTERNATIONAL PAY HOUSE DEPARTMENT.
Email:internationalpayhousedept@yahoo.co.uk

You are required to update me on proceedings with them and i hope i will be considered a little bonus after you must have been paid your lottery money.Have a most wonderful day and bye for now.



With Warm regards,
Barrister: Calvin Bannick(Esq)
Fiduciary Agent/Payment Officer. PRIME LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

*Winners under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.
*Staff of the Prime Lottery Organisation Company are not to partake in this Lottery




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