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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: agentjohngreen@netscape.net
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:36:55 -0400
Subject: Re: LOTTERY

MR. JOHN GREEN
TEL:+39 340 387 9891
FAX:+39 02 9544 1507
15TH JUNE , 2006



WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF YOUR MAIL AND WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AS WE AWAIT YOUR
COMPILATION OF THE FORM SO AS TO FORWARD THEM TO THE FINANCIAL HOUSE THAT
HANLDES THE PAYMENT OF THE WINNING CLAIMS.THE FINANCIAL HOUSE WILL CONTACT YOU
UPON THE RECEIPT OF THE COMPLETED FORMS.

YOU ARE TO FILL THE FOLLOWING FORM AND RETURN IT IMMEDIATELY TO US FOR THE
PROCESSING AND TRANSFER OF YOUR WINNINGS.

DEPARTMENT OF CLAIMS & VERIFICATION

PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM (K5)

WINNERS INFORMATION

FIRST NAME:...........................................................OTHERNAMES:..........................................................................

LAST NAME:.....................................................DATE OFBIRTH:................................................................................

ADDRESS:................................................................. .................................ZIPCODE:............................................

TEL:.................................................FAX:................ ...........EMAIL..........................................................................

OCCUPATION:............................................. MARITALSTATUS:................................................................................

WINNING CLARIFIACTION

BATCH NUMBER:...................................................REF NO:......................................................................................

TICKET NUMBER:......................................................SERIALNUMBER:.....................................................................

AMOUNT WON:........................................................................................................................

PAYMENT OPTION
PAYMENT OPTION OF WINNERS CHOICE SHOULD BE SPECIFIED TO THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT OF
ONLINE BINGO LOTTO FOR PROCESSING.

BANK TRANSFER

BANK NAME:.................................................................. ........................................................

ACCOUNT NUMBER:.................................................................................................................

BANK ADDRESS:.....................................................................................................................

.........................................................CITY:........... ..........................ZIP CODE:.......................

BANK TEL NO:.............................................. FAX NO:...............................................................

NEXT OF KIN

FIRST NAME:.................................................... OTHERNAMES:..................................................

LAST NAME:............................................................. DATE OFBIRTH:.........................................

ADDRESS:................................................................. ..............................CITY:.......................

STATE:................................................................... ... ZIPCODE:.............................................

DECLARATION

I, MR/MRS/MISS......................................................... DO HEREBY DECLARE THAT ALL INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE ARE CORRECT.

SIGN:.............................................................DATE:...............................................................

FOR OFFICIAL USE

VERIFIED:................................................................ ...............................................................

AGENT SIGNATURE:..................................................................................................................

REMARKS:..............................................................................................................................

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