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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.
  • gomez_edina@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "ed_nagomez@go.com" <ed_nagomez@go.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:48:17 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: CLAIM YOUR WINNING!!!


AWARD/FINAL NOTIFICATIONLUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, NEDERLAND.Laan van Hoornwijck 552289 DG RijswijkPostadresPostbus 30592280 GB RijswijkWebsite:www.luckyday.nl
LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, announces today the winners of its internet lottery program for this quarter. The lottery program isconducted every quarter with email addresses of internet users.
The draws are usually from about 26,000 email addresses from all over the world,which are selected from the internet randomly.
The draws are made in four categories using a special computer balloting system.
Your receipt of this mail means that your email address has won in category ?D? of the draws.
Your email address drew the winning numbers:32:01:00:67:4 serial number 3232134,batch number ssL/45829/NL/05,lottery refnumber SL8455110 and security credited file numbers 01-37-44-85-486 and subsequently won the sumof 800,000,00 EURO (EIGHT HUNDERED THOUSAND EURO).
You are at this point advised to contact our NL agent below to begin your claim:CLAIMS AGENT MRS EDINA GOMEZ Email: gomez_edina@yahoo.com You will be given a form to complete and return same to any one of our appointed financial trustees.
Their winning/processing department will validate your winning and provide information on the collection of yourprize.
All winning must be claimed not later than 30th of October 2005.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
You are advised to initiate contact with our agent within one weeks of the receipt of this mail.
Any prize whose collection is not initiated within the stipulated time will be deemed unclaimed.
We do urge you to fully cooperate with us so that you could collect your winning. In course of any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Sincerely yours,Mr. Richard K. LloydLottery Coordinator.

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