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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.
  • +447031861463 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Eastlyn Taylor" <tyrajksn@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: eastlyn_cgt@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:34:25 +0700
Subject: Notification of Lottery Result.


EUROCRIS DE LOTTO NL INTERNATIONAL
BIJLMERPLEIN,
888 1102 MG AMSTERDAM
IN COLLABORATION WITH,
PEUGEOT MOTOR COMPANY.



DEAR WINNER,

WE ARE PLEASED INFORM YOU ON THE RELEASE OF THE WINNING RESULTS FOR THE PEUGEOT MOTOR COMPANY PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY,HELD ON THE 5TH OF THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2006.THE PARTICIPANTS FOR THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM WERE MADE UP OF EMAIL USERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD SELECTED FROM THE INTERNET THROUGH OUR SPECIAL COMPUTERISED BALLOT SYSTEM.EACH EMAIL ADDRESS WAS ENTERED AS AN INDEPENDEDNT PARTICIPANT AND ASSIGNED COMPUTER RECOGNISABLE INFORMATION.IN THIS LATEST EDITION,YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS APPEARED AS A WINNER ADDRESS IN CATEGORY B WITH THE FOLLOWING REFERRALS:
TICKET NUMBER: 2752246896
SERIAL NUMBER: 652-662
LOTTERY BATCH NUMBER: AT-040SB06-03
FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H067/B4
THERE WERE THREE WINNERS IN THIS CATEGORY AND EACH OF THE WINNERS ARE ENTITLED FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS [USD1.5M] IN CASH.THIS LETTER SERVES TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION IN CASH AND HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED WITH SADDVAULTZ,FINANCE AND SECURITY CUSTODIANS.YOU ARE BY THIS NOTICE, DIRECTED TO USE THE INFORMATION BELOW TO CONTACT OUR ACCREDITED AGENT FOR DIRECTIVES ON THE PROCESS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR ENTITLEMENT.YOU HAVE FOUTHEEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RECIEPT OF THIS NOTIFICATION TO CONTACT OUR ACCREDITED AGENT OR FORFIET YOUR
ENTITLEMENT.
MR.MARTIN WAGHORN
martinw@accountant.com
+447031861463

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

MRS.EASTLYN TAYLOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR
EUROCRIS DE LOTTO NL INTERNATIONAL.

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