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

Fraud email example:

From: linkstride01@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 14:39:17 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOUR=20EMAIL=20WINNING=20CONFIRMATION=20NOTICE?=

LINK-STRIDE EURO LOTTERY GAMING COMMISSION.
AV 14 CASTILLA MADRID SPAIN.
FROM:LINK-STRIDE AWARD DEPT.
REF: SUN/2010-968091/03
BATCH: 54/010/IPD

RE: YOUR EMAIL WINNING CONFIRMATION NOTICE

We are glad to inform you that your E-mail
address appearsas the confirmed Wi nner of our
last Link stride euro email lottery program held
on the 4th august, 2006.Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 20675543256-786 with
Serial number 3765-75 drew lucky numbers
7-12-18-24-32-45,which Consequently won in the
2nd category, you have therefore been approved
For a lump sum payment of Five Million five
hundred thousand united state

dollars(US$5.5,000.000).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This promotional program takes place every year.
All participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000
companies and 50,000, 000 individual email
addresses and names from all over the world.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your
reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.We ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has
been processed and your money remitted to you.
Remember all winnings must be claimed not later
than 29th of August, 2006.

After this date all unclaimed funds will be
included in the next stake. To file for your
claim or for further details, please contact our
agent
Mr.Victor Jamse

claimdptunitedkingdom@yahoo.com

In respect of our commitment towards helping the
less previledge, we ask that you voluntarily
contribute 1% of your Global winnings to any
charity organization you desire at your convinience.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff.
Mr. Fred Walter.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam