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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.
  • +447023055070 (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.
  • keithfrederick11@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "forest tom" <lottopromo11@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:36:59 +0000
Subject: LOTTERY WINNING NOTFICATION (CONTACT OUR AFFITATED COURIER SERVICES)

FROM:MR KELLY B. DIXON
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
RAFFLE DRAWS PROMOTIONS 2005
REFERENCE:/DHK110/
BATCH:/NBH12/
LUCKY NUMBER: 09,21,23,31,40,46
 
Dear Winner,
 
We are delighted to inform you of the result of Email Lottery  Promotion,  Which is part of our promotional draws. Held on the 23th December 2005 and  that you were one the LUCKY WINNERS and your e-mail address attached to Lucky-numbers 09, 21, 23, 31, 40, 46 and Serial-number 13-1003 which consequently won in the Match 5 and 2 Stars , you have therefore been approved  for a  lump sum payout of £1,500,000(ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS) .
 
CONGRATULATIONS!!!    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!     CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
 
Please be informed that all participants were selected through a  computer  ballot system drawn from over 30,000,000 company and 50,000,000  individual email addresses and names from all over the world.To file in for your claims, contact our affilated COURIER SERVICES for your  your winning check:
 
MR.KEITH ROBERT FREDERICK
DISPATCH OFFICER
ALPHA COURIER SERVICES
18 KINGS ROAD,
LONDON SW3 5EN,
UNITED KINGDOM.
TEL:+44-702-305-5070,+44-702-305-5067
FAX:+44-703-040-3645
EMAIL:keithfrederick11@excite.com
 
Please do remember, all winning must be claimed not later than two  weeks of  this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
 
Note:In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, if you wish to file in for your claims, you are therefore requested to quote the following claims requirements to the above reply email address.
 
 Remember to quote your Reference, Batch, and Wining Number, in every one of your correspondence to our affilated COURIER SERVICES.
 
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. 
 
Your's Sincerely,
MR KELLY B. DIXON
ONLINE COORDINATOR,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

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