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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.
  • 447786842981

Fraud email example:

From: "ericmottisfort"<ericmottisfort@myway.com>
Reply-To: onlineluckydayinternationallottery@inbox.com
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 13:06:08 -0500 (EST)
Subject: FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT












LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONALPROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.(www.luckyday.nl)BATCH NO: PLD/31214257/1988/1100REFERENCE. NO.PLD/21449267/2550//1100WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE....CONGRATULATIONS!!!!This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 28TH of OCTOBER,2006. Due to the mix up of number,the results were released on the 11th of NOVEMBER,2006. Your name attached to ticket number 219028657434 with serial number 918735625 drew the lucky numbers of 21-70-81-82-55 which consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of £2,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS) in cash which is deposited with a Finance &amp; Security Company in your favour as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY.Due to mix up of some numbers and names and for the sake of impostors,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 through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that have been appointed for the processing of your claim with your contact telephone and fax number to begin the processing of your claim:CONTACT NAME:Mr.Jerry Scott.London Merchant Security U.K.CITY/ COUNTRY:London, United kingdomTEL: 44-778-684-2981FAX:44-707-515-8452Note that all winners must claim there win not later than Two weeks after the receipt of this message. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference
number and batch numbers in all correspondence.Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY FALSE LOTTERY COMPANY BUT BE ASSURED THAT WE WILL PROTECT YOUR INTEREST AND LEAD YOU THROUGH.Yours Sincerely,Mr.Eric Mottisfortonlineluckydayinternationallottery@inbox.comPromotions Manager.

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