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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.
  • +447040121840 (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.
  • rorimana2002@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: saskohkk@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:06:10 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS:WINNING NOTIFICATION



EURO-AFRO-AMERICA-SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY SA

Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom

Congratulations:

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American
Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 13th Janaury 2005 in
Essex United Kingdom.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
B9564 75604545 188 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 01/10/11/18/19/46,
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00
(Eighty hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited
to file PC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US $1100,000,00
Million dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred and thirty (130) luckywinners
in this category world-wide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet
representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this,
your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars)would
be released to you by Absa Bank South Africa. Our African agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact
him. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies.

This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your
money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned. To file
for your claim, please contact our corresponding agent in South Africa immediately
you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund,

follow:contact information is :MR.MICHAEL RORIMANA.

mailto :rorimana2002@yahoo.co.uk

Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 20th JULY 2005.
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch
numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents or us.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has
uccessfully won this competition.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Mrs.Kate Sankoh

United Kingdom zonal Secretary General contact information is.+44 70 401 21840.

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