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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 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 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.
  • +31625204710 (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.
  • proftomglover@ablewise.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FREE - 1.COM Lottery" <freeonelottery10@ablewise.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:10:33 +0000
Subject: You Have Won FREE-1.COM FREE MILLION DOLLARS LOTTO

FREE - 1.COM Lottery
United States of America
http://www.free-1.com


FREE-1.COM FREE MILLION DOLLARS LOTTO

Winning reference number is: F - 1. 914110C

FREE - 1.COM Lottery draw was sponsored by United States Government and the
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) in her collaborative effort to eradicate poverty.

This email is meant to inform you that you have won a cash prize of One
Million United States Dollars
($1,000,000.00) in the FREE - 1.COM Lottery online Charity draw held in
United States of America.
Your email ID won in the Charity Lottery held on the 22nd of March 2006.

The five winning emails in the FREE - 1.COM online Charity Lottery draw
were selected from each
country of the world through electronic draw system.

Your winning reference number is: F- 1. 914110C


Our accredited agent in De Hague - The Netherlands has been advised to
immediately commence the process
to facilitate the release of your funds. Please request for winning
validation requirement from the accredited agent.

You are advised to contact the accredited agent, Prof. Tom Glover: Note:
You must be above 18 years to be able to
claim your prize. It is important that you forward your winning reference
numbers, your winning email address, your full
name, your age/Profession and your contact telephone numbers to the
accredited agent:

Contact Person: Prof. Tom Glover.
Tel: +31-625-204-710
Email: proftomglover@ablewise.com



Please be informed that Prof. Tom Glover will be responsible for the
processing and transfer of your winnings
file to the paying bank in the Netherlands. Note that your winning must be
claimed not later than 10th of April
2006.

Yours Sincerely,

Rosetta Gordon
Publicity Director / FREE - 1.COM Lottery Coordinator.

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IMPORTANT CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain confidential
information and privileged
material and it is intended only for the use of the recipient addressed. If
you are not the intended recipient of this
message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission,
dissemination, distribution, reproduction or
any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you
received this in error, please contact the
Sender, FREE - 1.COM online Charity Lottery Coordinator and delete it from
your in-box. Any disclosure, copying,
distribution or action on the contents of this e-mail is strictly
prohibited. - SAY NO TO POVERTY.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam