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

Fraud email example:

From: womenragbyworld@yahoo.ca
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:05:36 +0200
Subject: Wallaroos & Women’s Rugby World Cup 2006 world cup

MR RAHAM CABAJ
Suit 402, 5209 -99th street,
Edmonton Alberta,
T6E 5V7,
Canada.


Ref: WCG/200620X2/68
Batch: 074/06/WCG369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We the organizing commit Wallaroos & Women’s Rugby World Cup 2006 are happy announce to you the draw of Wallaroos & Women rugby World Cup Edmonton Canada-rifle (2006) online ticket International program held on Friday 7th of July 2006.You are here notified as regards to this, Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:(564756) with Serial number 5368/06 drew the lucky Winners, Your winning number is (564756),
You have won $500,000.00 dollars (five hundred thousand Dollars cash) and ticket to watch the final match free in Edmonton Canada 2006, and make sure to be in Edmonton Canada before 17th of Sept 2006.

Cash credited to file wcg/978561183/06.This is from a total cash prize of ($150,000.000.00) shared amongst the (5,000) lucky winners in this category.

All versions were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from (all email address users)
over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion took place on 5th of July 2006.
$500,000.00 dollars (five hundred thousand Dollars cash) will be released to you by any of our payment office in Edmonton Canada or England which are our official payment office!
MR RAHAM CABAJ, will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds and ticket to come and watch the match as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information until your claim is processed and your money and ticket remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
Please contact, MR RAHAM CABAJ with your full names, address, contact number, winning numbers, serial number ticket number, city country age and position at work.

Please reply to this e-mail address: womenragbyworld@aim.com


Congratulations from Wallaroos & Women’s Rugby World Cup 2006 world cup Commit (TICKET DEPARTMENT)

Yours faithful
MR RAHAM CABAJ
womenragbyworld@aim.com

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