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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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 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.
  • custservicesinfo@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "western african lotteris company" <gobal.lotteris010@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: custservicesinfo@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:00:41 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Western African Lottery company,
23 Rundle Mall, Adelaide,
Accra Ghana.
(Western African Lottory is an affiliate of Overseas Subscriber
Agents).Arena Complex 14 Donegall Square West, Holland.

From: Mr Don koffi Battiers.
(Lottery Coordinator)

Attention. WINNER.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Western African Lottery
Winners International programs held on the 11th, March, 2006. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket #: 00903228100 with prize # 778009/2 drew
$2,000,000.00 which was first in the 2nd class of the draws. you are to
receive $2,000,000.00 (Twe Million Dollars). Because of mix up in cash
pay-outs, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until
your money ($2,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited
pay-point 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 60,000 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 Western African lottery Company. We congratulate you once again.
We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the jackpot winning is
$10million.

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 25 days.
After this date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and 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.

Congratulations once again from all members of Western African Lotteries.
Thank you for being part of our promotional program. For immediate release
of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our Paying Bank ( Bank Of
Ghana Accra Ghana.) 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 the paying bank with the following:
Contact person: Mr Don koffi Battiers..
Accra Ghana.
E-mail:custservicesinfo@hotmail.com.
Tel: 00233+242969279.
Fax:00233+242961122.
Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Mr Don kofi Battiers.
(Lottery director)

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