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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.
  • ray_baker05@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lottery Promotion Office" <lotterypromotion@marymclord.net>
Reply-To: ray_baker05@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 03:27:17 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

CANADA DVD LOTTERY CASH AWARD
REF NUMBER: FL2/05/207152/UK/IE.
BATCH NUMBER: 962901-PCF03.

ATTN: HONORABLE BENEFICIARY,

WINNING NOTIFICATION PAYMENT OF US$1,000,000.00 DOLLARS CASH AWARD HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR YOU IN CATEGORY (A) CANADA DVD CASH LOTTERY AWARD 2005. WE HAVE BEEN DIRECTED BY THE ORGANIZATION, DVD LOTTERY AWARD TO WRITE TO YOU AND PLEDGE OUR DUE COMMITMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY INFORMING YOU THAT APPROVAL OF US$1,000,000.00 DOLLARS. WAS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT FOR YOUR WINNING EMAIL ATTACHED TO THE TICKET NUMBER: GS56754/22/76UK/IE IN OUR ONLINE CANADA DVD CASH LOTTERY AWARD JACKPOT 2005

THIS PAYMENT HAS BECOME IRREVOCABLE AND READY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BUT PLACED ON HOLD PENDING THE FINAL CLARIFICATION OF SOME STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS LIKE THE PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR DRIVING LICENSE, INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH, CONTACT ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER. THIS CLARIFICATION BECAME NECESSARY IN VIEW OF CLAIMS AND COUNTER CLAIMS THAT CHARACTERIZED THE PAYMENTS THAT WERE EFFECTED ON THE MONTH OF JULY 2004

UPON EVIDENCE OF THESE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS, THE HOLD WILL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY AND YOU WILL BE INFORMED OF THE IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT WIRE TRANSFER CONFIRMATION SLIP AND DATE OF REMITTANCE THROUGH OUR CORRESPONDENT BANK

ALL STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE SEND TO CO-ORDINATOR MR. RAYMOND E-MAIL: ray_baker05@yahoo.co.uk

YOURS FAITHFULLY

MARY MC LORD

CONTRACTOR (CDLA]

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam