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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Adams Adolphus" <adams-adolphus@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 08:59:17 -0500
Subject: More details/form

Dear Robert Diesenhaus,

Thanks for your message.

With regards to your mail, you have won the sum of US$300,000.00. This is as
a result of our 2006 Sales Promo Sweepstake computer ballot system drawn
from over 100,000 companies and 25,000,00 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world. This sales promotion takes place every year.
The promo started last year and is promoted and sponsored by Surf Software
Communication Inc., Mr. Bill Gate of MicroSoft and other conglomerate of
multinational companies in Europe as part of their social responsibility to
the citizens of the communities where they have operational base. Also, Surf
Software Communication Inc., want to use the medium to encourage the use of
the internet worldwide and to create awareness for the Surf Communication
fourthcoming software Which will generate the sum of US$300 Million when
launch into the International Market.The launching will take place at the
end of the year; In which all winners of these promo are expected to make a
speech.

If you have not been part of this programe , may we use this opportunity to
say congratulation as you have been selected among the five 2006 E-Mail
Lottery Winners.

To claim your prize, you have to fill the Attached Form (LOTTO PAYMENT FORM)
with with the following underlisted information and return the form either
by fax or e-mail attachment:-
(TO BE FILL WITH CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY)
1. Your full Name & contact Address
2. Telephone & fax number
3. Date of birth
4. Sex.....
5. Occupation....
6. Your ticket number with the serial number attached on the email sent to
you.

As soon as the above detail informations are received from you,we will send
to you your SHARE CERTIFICATE. Thereafter, you will be contacted when your
payment is ready.

Thanks.
Sincerely yours,
Adams Adolphus

NOTE: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to instant disqualification. You are automatically disqualified if you are
below 18 years of age.

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