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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • marybelluk@excite.com
  • marybelluk@excite.com
  • winning_lotto111@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • winning_lotto111@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mary Bell <marybell111@web.de>
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:42:51 +0200
Subject: Attn: Morton




Miss Mary Bell
20 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3EE
United Kingdom.
E-mail: marybelluk@excite.com [mailto:marybelluk@excite.com]

ATTENTION: DEAR SIR/MADAM,

We are pleased to inform you, that as result of our Lottery DRAWS HELD on the 2nd January 2006 and annouced on 4th January 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number
652-662 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won in the 1st category. you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of USD1.2 Million note that All participants in this lottery program have
been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 200,000 companies and 400,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent world personalities like the (SULTAN of Brunei, Bill Gates of microsoft inc and other corporate organisations).this is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. For security purpose and clarity, (we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you.)

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. We look forward to you active participation in our next year USD500 million slot.You are requested to contact our LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR. MR SCOTT BOBBY below to assist you recieve your winnings and furnish you with any information you may need. all winnings must be claimed not later than 3oth April, 2006

Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your WINNING NUMBERS SERIAL numbers and TICKET numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore,should there be any change of
address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program. You are required to reply to this email winning_lotto111@excite.com [mailto:winning_lotto111@excite.com] or reach him on telephone numbers 447024017736,447031870957 for further details.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,

Miss Mary Bell









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