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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!

Fraud email example:

From: "SUZIKI ANDRA" <suzikiandra1@msn.com>
Reply-To: suzikiandraco1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:08:30 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION

UEFA LOTTERY PROMOTION AWARD

180, Park Avenue, London NW10 7XL,

London - England.

 

Ref Number: fl2/05/207152/UK/UEFA.

 

Jan 18, 2006.

 

Attn: Beneficiary.

 

This is to inform you that your mail has been selected in the internet email jackpot draws. It is a lottery promotion award of excellence empowered by the UEFA members in England to show their appreciations to the sports lovers worldwide. The promotion was organized through online email addresses worldwide to select the lucky winners.

 

We are using this medium to inform you that the sum of £500,000.00 Pounds cash award has been approved for you in this category (a) 2006 award. As soon as you are in receipt of this mail, you are advised to file in for payment with the following winning ticket number: 44154/22/76UK/UEFA. This payment has become irrevocable and ready for immediate release as soon as you visit our accredited payment agent in London.

 

The information's below are required to process your fund

payment. Attention to our coordinator Mr. Suziki Andra and send promptly via email the basic requirements provided underneath for immediate processing of your payment. Upon the final clarification of some statutory requirements, your fund will be release to you.

 

1). Full name

2). Contact address

3). Telephone number

4). Identification Passport copy attached to the above email.

 

Below is our company and Mr. Mc Gary Moore, with last year lottery payment of £1,000,000.00 (One Million GBP Sterlings).

 

Once again, congratulations for being part of this year promotion.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Mrs. Susan Johnson.

Agent (UEFA).

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