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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!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031923018 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • claims.globex.lott@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Catherine Hudson" <globex.lott.nofification@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 08:00:07 -0700
Subject: Re:

                            

                                        REF: Ballot Lottery Promotion Winning Notification

Attention info@cannabislegal.de,

We the Board and Management of GlobEx Online Lottery wishes to inform you the results of the e-mail address ballot lottery program held on 1st day of May, 2006. Your email account info@cannabislegal.de have been picked as a winner of $US950,000 (nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars). All email addresses were selected through a computer ballot system in which your email address was selected as one of the lucky winners.

The details of this winning you will find below:
Ticket no:27522465896-532
Serial no: 652-662
Batch no: AT-040-SB
Pass code : 608     Reference no: OSL/653/029/04

Please take note of the above information. You will need these information in order to activate your winnings. Your reference number is OSL/653/029/04

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
                                                                       
All participants were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 individuals and companies.

To claim your winnings, please contact the appropriate staff responsible for your case via Phone or email. Find contact details below:

Mr. John McCarthy
Claims Department
GlobEx Online Lottery ,
London, UK
Phone No:+447031923018
Email: claims.globex.lott@hotmail.com

Quote your reference/batch numbers in your correspondence with us and you are advised to not to expose your numbers to avoid double claiming or voiding of your winning.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Should there be any change of addresses do inform us as soon as possible.

Once again congratulations from our members of staff !!

Mrs Catherine Hudson
Notifications Department
GlobEx Online Lottery
700 Packer Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19148
United States

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