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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: HERITAGE LOTTERY PROGRAM <claimlotteryinfo@ureach.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:58:39 +0100
Subject: HERITAGE FUND CLAIMS NOTIFICATION (CONGRATULATION)


FROM:HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
REF: CODE:06/ESP/EU34/HGF
CC. CARLS REALTY AGENCY.

Congratulation !!

QUÍNTUPLE PLUS organiser of one of the major Spanish Lottery Online wish to announce this month Heritage Fund Cyber Lottery winning 2006 which was held on the 15th Feburary,2006 . And I am happy to inform you that your email profile was listed among list of one of the generated lottery pools programme conducted by the Heritage Lottery Fund , Spain. The Heritage Lottery Fund alone which have funded more than 2200 projects and have assist participant and winners in 115 countries worldwide with grants totalling around €268m. And you are one of 6th of the next winners of this years´feburary granted package.
Winner of this year's grant selection were made through emails directory of thousands of companies and private individual profile software sponsored by Generator Cascata Number Generator Limited &Heritage Lottery Fund.

Your email was attached to grant ballot ticket number 287 with serial number 2992/22 and Ref No:ESP/EU34/006/HGF, Winning number:34.78.99.01, winning a total sum of **** €605, 500, 00 EUR**** (Six Hundred And Five Thousand, Five Hundred EUR).
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon and reference number. In view of this, your **** €605, 500, 00 **** (Six Hundred And Five Thousand, Five Hundred EUR). Would be released to you by our affiliate bank in London or Spain. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him.

This promotion takes place 4 time annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please for claim establish contact with our claim broker via e-mail or telephone, by stating your winning informations, including the batch and reference numbers to this letter.

Telephone lines are open between the hours of 7.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Friday.

OFFICE; CARLS REALTY AGENCY.
Email: carls.realtyagent@office.com
Tollfree:900-800-800

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Mr Michael Ronin
Customer Service Central.

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