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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: "john graham" <jhn_graham@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:06:04 +0000
Subject: Fill and send back

Attn:

Dear Winner

Your application for claim of lottery winning prize will be duly processed
and settlements be made upon certification and verifications of your
details. Be informed that we have in our possession, instruments of payments
for the sum of $3,000,000.00 USD to you.

Hence carefully fill in the appropriate information in the spaces provided
below to facilitate our immediate processing of your claims. Your funds have
since been deposited with a Financial Trust Company.

Once we receive the requested information below, your claims file will be
sent to the Financial Trust
Company for settlement.

THIS FORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARY OF
THE STATE FUNDS FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER.

TITLE...........................................................

FIRST
NAME......................................................

LAST
NAME.......................................................

REFERENCE
NUMBER................................................

BATCH
NUMBER....................................................

CONTACT
ADDRESS.................................................

EMAILADDRESS...........................................

DATE AND PLACE OF
BIRTH.........................................

TEL NO.....................FAX
NO...............................

NEXT OF
KIN.....................................................

ADDRESS OF NEXT OF
KIN..........................................
NAME OF
EMPLOYER................................................

ADDRESS OF
EMPLOYER.............................................

TICKET NO/AMOUNT
WON............................................

OCCUPATION..........................................
ANNUAL AVERAGE INCOME............................

MARITAL
STATUS..................................................

DECLARATION:
I...............................HEREBY DECLARE THAT
THE ABOVE INFORMATION ARE TRUE AND BINDING ON ME. IF
AT ANY TIME IT IS DISCOVERED THAT I HAVE GIVEN ANY
FALSE INFORMATION, I WILL FORFEIT MY RIGHTS TO MY
WINNINGS.

NAMES.............................

DATE..............................

Accept our congratulations.

Your Ability to fill this form will enable us submit your file to the
Accredited Bank that will prepare your Winning for prompt claim and
payments.Congratulations.
Sincerely,

John Graham.

_________________________________________________________________
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