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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.
  • johnanderson442@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERY WINNER NOTIFICATION CENTER ON-LINE"
<mrsbenitaclark@lwncentre-online.net>
Reply-To: johnanderson442@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:40:02 +0000
Subject: Your Lottery Winning Notification

The Head,
Lottery Winning Notification Centre,GLLIPP.
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
13-06-2005(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Dear Sir / Madam,
Your Lottery Winning Notification.
Congratulations you once again, it is our pleasure to inform you that you
have won on email the annual Global Liberty Lottery winning (Lotto)
International Promotional Program (GLLIPP) hold in London on 29th June,
2005. A global email random access selection shot on Microsoft, generated
your email address - as related to the following :

1.27522465896-532
2.serial number 652-662
3.batch number AT-040-SB06-05
4.lottery ref number OSL/653/029/05 and drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45
which won on the 3rd category USA $ 857,000.00 (eight hundred and fifty
seven thousand USA dollars) Your Ticket ,Serial ,Batch ,Lottery Ref Number
,will be confidentially included in your payment approval - take note.

This promotional program takes place annually, promoted and sponsored by
eminent personalities - the Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates Of Microsoft Inc,
Multi Choice, Echina Site and other corporate organizations.This is to
encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide .

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning
informations confidential until your claims have been processed to pay you
as the winner of lottery fund payment.This is part of GLLIPP security system
to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by scam
impostors.

Please note: in order to avoid unnecessary delay on this payment of your
lootery winning and complications remember to quote your lucky numbers and
batch numbers in all correspondence.Furthermore, should there be any change
of addresses do inform our agent as soon as possible so that we can't make
any mistake on your paymen to be paid to you immediately,.Apply for your
prize as soon as possible so your payment will be processed within the time
of claim as the winner.

Contact the GWCOL agent: Mr.JOHN ANDERSON.

Contact Email:johnanderson442@yahoo.co.uk
Tel/Fax: 447031964559

Congratulations once more.

Good luck.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.BENITA CLARK - LWNCL

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