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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:
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • claimofficebf@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: International Lottery Board <intl_lotodraw0010@hotmail.fr>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 11:47:21 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION !!! YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WON



lotto
www.swisslotto.ch











SWISS LOTTO IN COLABRATION WITH GOLD MINING COMPANY.
FREE LOTTO INT & NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION

12th AVENUE KWAME NKRUMAH 01 BP. OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.

WINNER- REF: LP/26510460037/03.

BATCH: 24/00319/IPE

www.swisslotto.ch



WINNING/AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION


It is our pleasure to inform you of the declaration and aof winners of the SWIZERLAND INT LOTTERY AWARD held on 6TH of July 2007. Having picked your mail address by our electronic web site visitors collectors in-recognition of your patronage to the Internet services.



In the final draw, your name was attached to ticket number 8182851-7733-55, with serial number E55-111206, draw lucky numbers 6025-411257511-11 which consequently won in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of (850,000.00 Euros Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand Euros), In cash accredited file No:LP/26510460037/07. This is from a Total Cash Prize of (Euro 48,400,00000 FOURTY EIGHT BILLION EURO) shared among the 22 International Countries in this category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Africa, Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program that is conducted annually to encourage the use of Internet and Internet based programs. We are delighted to express our heartfelt congratulations to you.



We hope that with a fraction of your wining money, you will be able to assist the less privilege in your society and also participate in our next year high stakes promotions of Euro 100 million International Lottery.

For your information on how you will start the Processing and remittance of your prize money to your designated account of your choice.

Please contact the claiming Manager stated below to receive your winning Money immediately:


NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS/PRIZE GIVING AWARD

12TH.AVENUE KWAME N'KRUMAH,

OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA-FASO.

NAME: Mr. Daniel Smith.

Email: claimofficebf@yahoo.com

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th September 2007.

After this duration, all funds will be returned to the Ministry of Economic Affairs as unclaimed
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your





WARNING!

The swiss lotto and Burkina Faso national lottery together with the international lottery board are advising you not to tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.

This lottery board or any of her affiliated bodies shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.!!!CONGRATULATION!!!

Congratulations from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.


We wish you continued good fortunes.


Best Wishes.



The Management,

Lottery Organisation.





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