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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.
  • +447031846393 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448712470841 (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.
  • rlloyd_claimagent@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "matthews Declan" <m_declan2005@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:30:26 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION,

THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
UK HEAD OFFICE
SUITE 23-30,LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND
www.freelotto.com


Dear Winner,


We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky
winners in the Free Lotto draw held on the 12th of
october 2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly
selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international
Emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others
as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual Free
Lotto Draw.


Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a
total pay out of 1,000,000 pounds (one million pounds)
only. The following particulars are attached to your
lotto payment order:


(i) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11

(ii) Email ticket number: FL754/22/76

(iii) Lotto code number: FL09622UK

(iv) The file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK


Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon
as possible for the immediate release of your
winnings:


Mr. Richard LLoyd
Chief financial Director
The Free lotto Company
TEL: +44 703 184 6393
FAX: +44-87-1247-0841
Email : rlloyd_claimagent@excite.com

N.B: Steps to claiming your prize;

1. Please quote your Reference number in all
correspondence with the claims officer.

2. Winners should send to claim officer account detail
or address Where they want their prize paid or sent.

3. Winners must send their names, address, telephone
number and means of identification (international
passport or drivers license) to claim officer
to process immediate payment of their prize.


Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Sincerely,

Mr.MATTHEWS DECLAN
Promotions Manager
The Lotto Company
UK & Europe.


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The Free Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the
Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell
computers,Mackintosh and a conglomeration of other
international IT companies.

The free lotto internet draw is held once in a year
and is so organized to encourage the use of the
internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say
that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more
than 150 countries worldwide.

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We also encourage you to visit our website at
www.freelotto.com and take your chance to play and
become part of our daily winners. Millions are won
on a daily basis on one of the world's most famous
free lotto service


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