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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: "Promotion Manager" <iloveawwww@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: benolise@o2.pl
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:09:17 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

NEWCASTLE PROMOTIONS
NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL
WOOLSINGTON
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE13 8BZ
UNITED KINGDOM

CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on
7th of June 2006 to declare the winners of
NEWCASTLE PROMOTIONS.You were attached to ticket
number 778-64309-2125-684, with serial number 665-32
drew the lucky numbers 14-77-52-19-99-45 and
consequently won the lottery.

You have therefore been approved for
a lump sum pay out of £ 1,500,000. This is
from total prize money of £ 25,500,000 shared
among the seventeen international winners in the
category. All participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 17,000 names from
Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe and Middle
East and Asia,From all search engines and web sites
as part of our international promotions program
conducted monthly to encourage prospective overseas
entries.

You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the
processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the release
of your winnings.

1. Full names.
2. Phone number.
3. Fax number.
4. Occupation.
5. Sex.
6. Age.
7. Nationality.

You are advised to forward this information as soon as possible to enable us
attend to your winnings. Our firm has been contracted to handle payments on
your behalf, once we confirm your information, your payments would be
processed . Everything was done in such a way that our payments mode would
meet the standards set by the Lottery boards.After you have sent down these
information, a certificate will be prepared for you. This is to be your
proof of winning from this office to the payment center before they release
your funds.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, quote your reference/batch
numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.
Congratulations once more.

Faithfully,
Mr.Fred White
Zonal Co-ordinator.

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