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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.
  • +447031912870 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • revania@jmail.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: "sharon radnitz" <sunsweetlottos@msn.com>
Reply-To: mr_petrit147@kaixo.com
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:39:53 +0000
Subject: SUNSWEETWIN LOTTO PROMOTION

SUNSWEETWIN LOTTO PROMOTION
ALFONSRAAT B56 1002 BS AMSTERDAM
NETHERLANDS.
From:sharon Radnitz
Ref. Nnumber: 132/756/4007
Batch Number: 538901527-BB67

ATTENTION WINNER:,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
nternational programs held on the 1ST of OCTOBER,2005. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 27511465896-6410 with serial number 3772-510 drew
lucky numbers 7-14-88-23-31-45 which consequently won in the 3rd category,An
exclusive list of email addresses of thousands of individual and corporate
bodies were picked by automated random computer search from the internet. No
tickets were sold.you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$ 2,500,000 (Two million five hundred thousand United States
Dollars)CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information personal until your claims have 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.Allparticipants were selected Through a computer ballot system
drawn from over
20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all
over the world.This promotional program is conducted annually.

This lottery was promoted by the software corporation to compensate some few
individuals with website and email eddresses we hope with part of your
winning you will take part in our next year USD50 million international
lottery.Remember,all winning must be claimed not later than 31ST of
OCTOBER,2005.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 in all correspondence.

Please contact the payment officer of this promotion for the release of your
prize.

Payment officer.
Mr:Petrit Revania
+44-703-191-2870
Fax:44-871-247-2512
Email: revania@jmail.co.za

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.

Yours Sincerely.
Lottery Co-Ordinator
Sharon Radnitz
CONGRATULATIONS:

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