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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.
  • baselimit@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "Silvia Raul" <jameshills02@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:40:08 +0000
Subject: hi

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF NO: EGS/2551256003/02
BATCH NO: 14/0017/IPD

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION FINAL NOTICE,ALL WINNERSINFORMATION.

We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our RECENT LOTTERY DRAWS
HELD on the 1st of September 2005.Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:11 23 34 38 48 49 46 750 with serial number:2113 ? 05 drew lucky
numbers:13 15 ? 22 ? 37 39 which consequently won in the 2nd category.
you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$715,810.00
(SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND
TEN US DOLLARS ONLY)

Note that All participants in this lottery program have
been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over
20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search
engines and web sites.This promotional program takes place every year,and is
promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of
Brunei,Bill
Gates of microsoft inc and other corporate organisations.This is to
encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.

For security purpose and clarity,we advise that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims have been processed and your
money
remitted to you .This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.We look forward to
your active
participation in our next 4 million euro\'s slot.

You are requested to contact your clearance/cliam agent ANDREAS
BECKMANN , Foreign Operations Manager,I-T SECURITY AND FINANCING GMBH BERLIN
GERMANY ON contact him with this Email:(baselimit@netscape.net)


for processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice Allwinnings must be claimed not later than one month
After the date of this notice.

Please note,in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications,remember to quote your reference number and
batch numbers in all correspondence.Furthermore,should
there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon
as possible.

Congratulations!!! once more and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.


Sincerely,
MRS. Silvia Raul.
VICE PRESIDENT.
INTL LOTERIA PRIMITIVA

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