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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 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.
  • charityalliaconsult@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Evelyn Sawyer" <evysawyer@mail.ru>
Reply-To: charityalliaconsult@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 13:08:10 +0100
Subject: Your winning notification

REF: TLI-OP/2811-FMI0431/705
BATCH: M-IPYO/77/498/LRNL

RE: WINNING RESULT NOTIFICATION

Attn: Sir/Madam,


We are pleased to inform you this day the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 18th of March 2006.Your e-mail address /company name attached to ticket number 30511056441-0282 with serial number 797-902187 drew lucky numbers 8-61-17-22-46-84 which consequently won in the 2nd category,you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of | 750,000.00(Seven Hundred & Fifty Thousand euro only)in this category.This lotto is being organised by the Uk group in conjunction with Spainish lotery group.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names,we ask that You keep your winning information very confidential till Your claims has been processed and your prize/money Remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous participants.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 10,000,000 company and 50,000,000 individual/company email addresses and names from all over the world.

This Promotional program takes place annually.We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year |10 million International lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our/your fiducial Claim Department Agent.

KEN COOPER
CHARITY ALLIANCE CONSUTANTS
(Director of Operations)
Email:charityalliaconsult@hotmail.com


Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 21 days from today.After this date all unclaimed,funds will be forfeited.Note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,do remember to quote your reference number and Batch numbers in all correspondence.Furthermore,should there be any change of your email address do inform our claim department as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

NB:Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs Evelyn sawyer(Lottery Coordinator)

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