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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:
  • "irish lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • irishclaimsofficer203@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: irish2007@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:52:27 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Congratulations?=

The Irish Lottery
47 Meadow Vale
Sligo Ireland.
Ref: FBUK/2078/3467/99
Batch: AC/A318-55

Visit website: www.irishlotto.net

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY PROGRAM
ME online Sweepstakes International Program held on 2ND NOV 2007.

Europe/America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors

Irish Lottery Board officially bring to your notice the final draw
result
of Nov 2007 Irish Lottery Board E-game which was conducted at our
international corporate office complex in The IRELAND You have therefore
been
approved for a lump sum pay out of One Million Three Hundred Thousand
Pounds .

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky number: 22 which subsequently won the
LOTTO PLUS 1 prize.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1 300 000
pounds One Million Three Hundred Thousand Pounds in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/05 of Irish Lottery.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100000 unions associations and corporate bodies that are listed online.This
promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europes indicated in your playcoupon. In
view
of this your 1 300 000 pounds would be released to you by any of our
payment offices! in Europe UK .

i Winning numbers: 901-0148-790-691
ii Email ticket number: 56475600545 188
iii Lotto Batch No. AC/A318-55
iv File REF NO: KTU/9023118308/05
v SERIAL NO: 5368/05

IRISH LOTTERY RESULTS
for 10th June 2007
06 14 15 19 31 37 Bonus 04
LOTTO PLUS 1 RESULTS
12 21 23 33 39 44 Bonus 35
LOTTO PLUS 2 RESULTS
03 05 10 16 18 41 Bonus 02

"PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ABOVE SHOULD BE CORRECTLY NOTED BY YOU AS IT WILL
HELP IN COMFIRMING YOUR WINNING FROM THE CLAIM
OFFICER"CONGRATULATIONS!!
Your fund is now deposited with "IRISH LOTTERY CLAIMS DEPARTEMNT "
insured in your name. 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.

We also wish to bring to your notice of next year game programme
IIRISH LOTTERY GAMES 2008 where you stand a chance of winning up to 8,000,000.00
Pounds

CLAIMS PROCEDURES:

It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the
processing of claims application. It is even more imperative for overseas
winners.
To begin your claims therefore you are advised as a matter of urgency
to contact the under listed licensed and accredited claims agent for
the processing of your prize awards winning.

Please contact your claims agent immediately to begin your claims
process;
CLAIMS CONTACT AGENT:
Mr.Bulk Makali
Email: irishclaimsofficer203@yahoo.co.uk

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