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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.
  • +31649216997 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • intctalliancefs@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "doris LOTTERY" <galotto@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: quadcruise@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 20:21:35 +0000
Subject: WINX LOTTO INTERNATIONAL

WINX LOTTO INTERNATIONAL.
Bezoekadres Holendrechtstraat 37
1089 DN Amsterdam the Netherlands.
(Lotto affiliated with Subscriber Agents).
From: Mr. Doris Phillips
(Lottery Coordinator)

Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Winx Lotto Winners
International programs held on the 6th, Feb,2006. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket no: 34903228100 with prize no 448009/UK drew €750,000.00
which was first in the 2nd class of the draws. You are to receive
€750,000.00 (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Euros). Because of mix up in
cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential
until your money (€750,000.00)has been fully remitted to you by our
accredited pay-out bank. This measure must be adhere to avoid loss of your
cash prize - winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these
instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other participants.
It's important to note that this draws were conducted formally, and winners
are selected through an internet ballot system from 85,000 individual and
companies e-mail addresses - the draws are conducted around the world
through our internet based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored and
promoted by Winx Lotto International.

We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next
draws; the jackpot winning is €17.million. Remember, all winning must be
claimed between today and the next 14 days. After this date all unclaimed
cash prize will be forfeited and be included in the next sweepstake.
Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to
quote personal and winning numbers in all correspondence with us.

For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our
Paying Bank (Inter Continental Alliance Finance and Securities.)

Send them the following:
(i) Your names,
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
Contact person: Mr. Mike Anderson.
Email:intctalliancefs@netscape.net
Tel: +31-649-216-997
Fax: +31-205-248-770.

Congratulations once again from all members of Winx Lotto International.
Thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours in service,
Mrs. Doris Phillips.

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