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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: CARLOS ALBERTO <calberto1962@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 05:00:27 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FILL THE FORM BELOW


Attn: The Winner,

Dear Amarjit Singh,

You are to fill the form below for confirmation of your winning.
As soon as you have done that your winning will be notify to you in 48hrs time.

Global Winning co-coordinator.
LOTTERY PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM
(To be completed by lottery winners only)

Amount won.............................

Ticket Number: ........................

Reference Number: ....................

Batch Number: ........................

First Name: .........................

Last Name: ..........................

Home Address: ......................

Town/City: .............................

Post Code: ...........................

Country: ...............................

Telephone : ...........................

Mobile: .....................................


Fax (...............................
Mandatory) Email Address: ...............................

Date of Birth: ..................................

Occupation: ....................................

Marital Status: ..................................


preferred mode of payment {certified cheque, bank Draft or cash payment}

Signature-------------------------------------------------------------

I............................hereby declare that the above information are true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given false information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.
That way your winnings certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you.

As soon as you get back to me with the above requested information’s, you will be advice on how to contact the under listed claims officer via email and/or phone as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

MR CARLOS ALBERTO



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