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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.
  • +447040122649 (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.
  • mfs_claimofficer@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Sonia Bricks" <info_ukfreelotto@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:01:34 -0400
Subject: UK LOTTERY RESULT.

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

Dear Winner,

My name is Sonia Bricks, and on behalf of FREE LOTTO COMPANY OF UNITED
KINGDOM,I wish to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the
FreeLotto draw held on the 10TH OCTOBER, 2005. All 10 winning addresses were
randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international
mails.Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a 2nd category winner
in this year's Annual FreeLotto Draw.

Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
1,000,000 GBP (One million GBP 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

lase contact the underlisted claims officer as soon as possible for the
immediate release of your winnings:

MR.WALTER SMITH
MIDLAND FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.
BRIDGE ROAD STOKESLEY
MIDDLESBOROUGH CLEVELAND
TS9 5AA UNITED KINGDOM
TEL : +44-704-012-2649
+44-704-012-2650
FAX : +44-707-502-3724
EMAIL: mfs_claimofficer@myway.com

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

Sincerely,
Sonia Bricks


This email notification is auto-generated its contents are valid for only
two weeks and it is unmonitored so do not reply.

***********************************************************
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