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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.
  • +447501782249
  • +447005978249 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Alan Riley (STUDENT)" <ariley@apu.edu>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:57:49 -0700
Subject: Dear Lottery Winner

Dear Lottery Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of THE CASINO-WEB LOTTERY PROMO which just conclude their annual finaldraws of THE CASINO-WEB LOTTERY PROMO.international programs.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 500,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world and your e-mail address emerged as one of thelucky winners in the category "A"You are therefore been approve to claim the sum of £850,000,00 POUNDS (Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling).

To claim your prizes contact the appointed agent with your winning Information.However,no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

You are required to send the below details to the OPERATION MANAGER.

Winning Batch No: (CWL/2007/WRT)
Reference No: (CWL/LTYW31Q)
Winning number...YM09788
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FULL NAMES:____
ADDRESS: ______
STATE/CITY: ____
COUNTRY_____
AGE/SEX:____
MARITAL STATUS:____
OCCUPATION:__________
TELEPHONE NUMBER:____
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CONTACT Operation Manager
Worldwide Security Uk For Payment.
Name: David Brown
Tel.+44-7005978249(Office)
Tel: +447501782249(Cell)
Fax +44-7006-032-018
E mail: info@worldwidesecuritiess.com
mr.dbrown45@worldwidesecuritiess.com

You are to respond to this notice so that we will confirm if this emailaddress still truly exists.
Yours faithfully
Mr.Alan Riley Student.
Online Co-ordinator Casino-web Lottery.
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The information contained in this email is confidential. It is intended Only for the named addressee. If you are not the named addressee please
Notify the sender immediately and do not disclose, copy or distribute the contents to any other person other than the intended addressee.
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