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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 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.
  • thonyluca@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. RITA PARKER" <blueaxet@netscape.net>
Reply-To: thonyluca@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 23:08:06 +0200
Subject: Promotional Winning



THE LOTTERY PROMOTION COMPANY SPA
CORSO BELGIUM 405. ROMA

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: LW907686 AND BATCH NO: 22/457/AK

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to notify you of the announcement today of winners of the LOTTERY PROMOTION COMPANY LIMITED PROGRAMS held on 1ST of OCTOBER 2005 as
part of our last quarter of the year bonanza.
You or your company, attached to ticket number 1416-4612, with serial number 458625 drew the lucky numbers 60-17-7-43, and consequently won the lottery in
the "A" category.You have been approved for a lump sum pay out ofUS$5,500,000.00 in cash
credited to file REF NO:LW907686 This is from total prize money of US$16,500,000.00 shared among the
Three(3) international winners in this category. All participants were selected
through a computer balloting system drawn from 77,000 email address of individuals and company
name at a random from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada,Europe and North America and Oceania as part of Our International Promotions Program, which
is conducted annually and sponsored by major Companies in Italy.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your claims file has been forwarded to BLUE ASSET FINANCE LIMITED;

MR. ANTHONY LUCA
BLUE ASSET FINANCE SPA
THE STABLE HOUSE
CORSO MILANO 21
TELEFAX: +39-0295441123.
E-MAIL: thonyluca@yahoo.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. In your best interests and to avoid complications
you must initiate contact within five days working permit of receipt of this MAIL. BLUE ASSET FINANCE LIMITED. will handle all matters with regards to
claiming your prize. All correspondences to MR. ANTHONY LUCA, either by fax and/or email, should have this MAIL sent along with it and also, your FULL
ADDRESS, your COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is sent,should be clearly and
BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE with BLUE ASSET FINANCE LIMITED.NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference LW907686 and batch numbers 22/457/AK in every correspondences with MR. ANTHONY LUCA. Furthermore, should there be
any change of your address, do inform MR. ANTHONY LUCA. You are to keep all lottery information from the public as we will not entertain cases of
multiple claims processing or compromise the privacy and security for all winners.
CONGRATULATIONS once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely Yours,
MRS. RITA PARKER
Promotions Manager
Lottery Promotion Company Spa.

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