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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 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.
  • +447024079789 (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.
  • krypton4real@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lila Hendricks" <lila_hendricks101@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:48:57 +0100
Subject: Re: Winning Notification

From: Mrs.Lila Hendricks
No: 125 St Michael's Street
Plot 2A Harrison Drive
Ontario Canada.
Check for LOTTO 6/49
Customer Service: 680
NCA 85914 Ref:EAAL/851OYHI/04
Batch No Lotto 6/49
Draw Coupon: Match6+B

WINNING NOTIFICATION

THIS LOTTERY IS SPONSORED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP TO BE HOSTED
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
We happily announce to you the draw of the
Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lottery International
programs held on the Wed 9 febuary 2005 in Essex
United Kingdom and Canada Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number:B9564 75604545 100 with! Serial
number 46560 drew the winning numbers 6/11/21/37/40/46
with a bonus # 35, for LOTTO 6/49 under the choice of
the lottery in the 2nd category of daily three. You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$750,000.00(Seven Hundred and Fifty United States Dollars) in
cash credited to file EAAL/9080118308/04.

This is from a total cash prize of US $7,500,000,00
Million dollars, shared amongst the first One-Hundred
and thirty (130) lucky winners in this category
worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our Afro booklet representative office in
Africa as indicated in your play coupon, because this
particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World
Cup to be Hosted in South Africa hence your winning
information must be kept to enable you participate in
our subsequent games before the grand finale.

In view of this, your US$750,000.00 (Seven Hundred and
Fifty United States Dollars) would be released to you by an
accredited commercial Bank in Uk. Our London agent
will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site through computer draws system and
extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and personal
e-mails. 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 claim your prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program
by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

HOW TO FILE FOR CLAIM:
please contact our corresponding agent in Uk immediately you read this
message for quick and urgent
release of your fund,
contact information is as follow

NAME :Mr.Kareem Ugo
EMAIL:(krypton4real@yahoo.com)
Phone: +447024079789

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with our designated agents.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff
of this program that has successfully won this
competition. Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Lila Hendricks
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator
Mrs.Patricia Hope
Asst. Gen. Sec
Mr.Grey Johnson
Canadian/American Zonal Secretary General.
Switzerland Zonal Co-coordinator For African Winners
Dr Bill Wilson.
African/European Head Office
Baumgarten-strass
e 15 Postfach 686 Geneva CH-8201 Schaffhausen.
Dr Peter Martins
Head South African Offshore Payment Office Madrid, Spain.
Thanks for your Co-operation in anticipation.
Contact:(www.canada.com/lotteries)Check for LOTTO 6/49

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