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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.
  • john_nindol@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: LONDON LOTTO LOTTERY <lndnlttlottery@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:19:08 +0100
Subject: YOU HAVE WON OF 600,000 POUNDS STERLING /CONGRATULATION!





LONDON LOTTO LOTTERY
The UK Lottery
2 Lansdowne Row,
Berkeley Square, London,
W1J 6HL, United Kingdom.

YOU HAVE WON 600,000 POUNDS STERLING

Our Dear Winner,

You have won the sum of 600,000 (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING ) from LONDON LOTTO
LOTTERY on our 2006 new year bonanza.
The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of
Internet Email Users, from which your Address came out
on the winning coupon.

We hereby urge you to claim the winning amount quickly
as this is a bimonthly lottery. Failure to claim your
win will result to the reversion of the fund to our
following month. You are therefore requested to
contact immediately our Claims Department below
quoting winning number :

CODE NUMBER- 18/26/27/29/34/42/36
Batch Number: 783902169-BO47

Contact Person :

DR. JOHN NINDOL

E-Mail Address: john_nindol@yahoo.com



Provide the following information needed to process
your winning claim.
(a) Your full Name and Address.
(b) Your Telephone and fax numbers
(d) your country of origin

Congratulations once again.
note: we shall pay your claims through our
corresponding bank either London please contact our
help desk urgently by email for comfirmation.
please quote your winning number.

Regards,

Mr walter Jonhson.
london lotto lottery
UK Lottery Company

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