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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • b_anna_powell_2008@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • anna_powell_2008@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY AWARDS <dr_c_059@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <b_anna_powell_2008@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 16:51:27 +0000
Subject:







You won £600,000.00 Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!







Messenger









YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY

















Yahoo Awards Center

124 Stockport Road , Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom .
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS)(£600, 000.00) for the month of January, 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS
Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and returned to its source as unclaimed.

Stated below are your identification numbers:





These are your identification numbers..........




Batch number.......................AT-040-SB06-03




SERIAL NO:........................652-662




LUCKY NO:...................7-14-18-23-31-45
These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Manchester and send your winning dentification numbers to her:













Mrs.ANNA POWELL
Chief Communications Officer Senior Vice President
Contact Email: *( b_anna_powell_2008@yahoo.es )



Agent's Name: ANNA POWELL

E-Mail: anna_powell_2008@hotmail.com
E-Mail: b_anna_powell_2008@yahoo.es

You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of your fund to you.

1. Full name................................
2. Country...................................3. Contact Address......................4. Telephone Number...................
5. fax Number.............................5. Marital Status..........................6. Occupation..............................7. Sex.........................................
8. Date of Birth .....................................
9. Identity card(carte identite)...............


Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,












Dr.Adam k Rosenfeld
Mr. Adam K Rosenfeld (Awards coordinator)
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WARNING!You must keep strict confidentiality of your Prize Award claims to yourself until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claims.Yahoo Awards Team shall not be held liable for any loss of funds arising from the above mentioned








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