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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.
  • +447031926655 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • clark0007@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "patrick williams" <patrickwilliams1@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: mailmailmail@myway.com
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:05:22 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION:

National Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
an Affiliate of watergate inc.
28 Tanfield Road, Croydon. London
Ref: EAASL/731OYI/02
Batch: 4/05/DC34

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

This letter is strictly personal, intimate and confidential. Forgive this
unusual manner of contacting you, but this particular letter is of
exceptional and very private nature.There is absolutely going to be a great
doubt and distrust in your heart in respect of this email, coupled with the
fact that, so many miscreants have taken possession of the Internet to
facilitate their nefarious deeds, thereby making it extremely difficult for
genuine and legitimate business class persons to get attention and
recognitiontrictly personal, intimate.

We happily announce to you the draw of the National Sweepstake Lottery
International programs held on the 14th of March, 2006 in London.Your Name
and e-mail address attached to ticket number: 964 75600545866 with Serial
number 8388/02 drew the lucky umbers: 52-6-26-13-35-9,which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 2ndcategory.You are therefore, been approved to
claim a total sum of £5,000.000( Five Million Pounds) in cash credited to
file KPC/6080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of £100 Million
pound.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon.In view of
this, your £5,000,000( Five Million Pounds) would be released to you by our
affiliate bank in London.Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact
with him.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This
promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed
and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claimyour
prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

To receive your winning fund you are to contact the officier incharge of
your payment with the below email address and phone number

OFFICER: DR.WILSON CLARK
TELEPHONE:+44-703-192-6655
email address:clark0007@indiatimes.com

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,

MISS SHARON SMITH
EURO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator



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