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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.
  • +447032305334 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "lottery office" <lottery_promoo@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:36:47 +0000
Subject: Winning Notification.

HRM LOTTO PROMOTIONS UK
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
HRM LOTTO PROMOTIONS UK.

AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, of winners of the
HRM LOTTO PROMOTIONSUK.INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 15th December 2005,
were our winners were listed in which your ticket has been confirmed to have
won the SWEEPSTAKES for this year.You / your company, attached to Ticket
Number 025-1146-1992-750, with Batch Number 14/00455/IPD.drew the lucky
numbers 025-1146-1992-750, and consequently won in category B.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$3,500,000.00
in cash credited to file REF NO: HRM/25512561969/22 This is from total prize
money of US$21,000,000.00 shared among the Six (6) international winners in
the category B. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia,
Europe, USA and North America as part our International Promotions Program,
which is conduct annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security House and insured in
your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep
this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account.This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of
this program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our
end of year high takes US$1.3 billion International lotto. To begin your
claim you have beenzoned for payment via the UK office of our organization
therefore,contact your Claims Settlement Officer immediately:

CLAIMS SETTLEMENT OFFICER,
Mr.Edward David
HRM LOTTO PROMOTIONS UK.
EMAIL: lottery_promo@bluebottle.com

You are also expected to call the payment coordinator via his direct
telephone line also below stated:Tel:+44-70323053346 In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your
reference number in every one of your

Correspondences with your officer. Furthermore, should there be any change
of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as possible. Also for
the purpose of ensuring prompt processing, you would have to conclude
formalities with us within one week from you're the date of your
Notification. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for
being part of this promotion.

Sincerely,

MONIKA WILBUR-STEINBURGER,
Vice President,
HRM LOTTO PROMOTIONS LONDON, UK.


N.B. For Reason of Security after the Terrorist treat in London

Recently, all winners are not to inform any third party of their won amount
till they have been paid their claim. Any breach of confidentiality on the
part of the winners will result in immediate disqualification.

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Winners Questionnaire


Please fill out the below stated form and send back to us with your
response.


Full Names:

Address:

Country of Origin:

Date of Birth:

Sex:

Marital Status:

No of Children:

Place of Work:

Work Address:

Telephone numbers:

Fax number:

Mobile Phone:

Email Address:

AnnuaI Income:

Position at Work:

Preferred Mode of Payment:
1. (Cash Payable in London)
2. (Wire Transfer)
3 (Draft)


I, ......................................................... hereby declare
that all the information herein provided by me represents my true identity
and therefore can be used for the payment of my winnings. I am therefore
liable for error arising as a result of data provided herein by me.

...........................................................
Signed



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