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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "suite 23-30,lion towers"
• 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: "FREE LOTTO COMPANY" <defreelottocompany1@msn.com>
Reply-To: defreelottocompany@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 08:55:28 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!

CONGRATULATIONS!
THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
UK OFFICE
SUITE 23-30,LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND


Dear Winner,

My name is Adam Averback, and on behalf of FREE LOTTO COMPANY OF UNITED
KINGDOM, I wish to congratulate you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the
Free Lotto draw held on the 28TH DECEMBER, 2005. All 10 winning addresses
were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international mails.
Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a A category winner in this

year's Annual Free Lotto Draw.

Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
1,000,000 USD (One million USD only). The following particulars are attached

to your lotto payment
Order:

(i) Winning numbers: 28-40-33-67-85-11

(ii) Ref number: FL/04/738747152/UK

(iii) Batch number: FL096212UK

Please contact the under listed claims officer under category A winners as
soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

Adam Averback
LADBROOK SECURITY FINANCE & SECURITY.
COTSWOLD MEWS
40A REDCLIFFE GARDENS
LONDON SW109HB

EMAIL:

Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yours Sincerely,

BRYAN JONES

This email notification is auto-generated its contents are valid for only
two weeks and it is unmonitored so do not reply.
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International IT companies. The free lotto Internet draw is held once in a
month and is so organized to encourage the use of the Internet and computers

worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Pounds are won annually

in more than 150 countries worldwide.
We also encourage you to visit our website at www.freelotto.com and take
your chance to play and become part of our daily winners.
Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's most famous lotto
organization.
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