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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: sophia halendale <halendalesophia_010@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: uba_ex_aliyu@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 05:48:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URBAN LOTTO INTERNATIONAL


URBAN LOTTO INT'L URBAN LOTTO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION INCOPORATED UNITED KINGDOM.
Past winners round the world with full of excitment,,,,

URBAN LOTTERY INT'L ORGANISATION
CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102A
PLOT 24 BARCHELORS LANE
GREENSHIRE NEZ 4PP LONDON UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.



Date:31/08/2006.


ATTENTION: WINNER,

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE LUCKY WINNERS OF URBAN LOTTO INT'L PROMO.

YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE LOTTERY PAYING BANK,UNITED BANK OF AFRICA PLC FOR THE TRANSFER PROCEDURE OF YOUR WINNING PRIZE OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING.DO CALL AND SEND YOUR INTACT DETAILS.

YOU HAVE NOT ONLY BUT 14 WORKING DAYS TO GET YOUR WINNING SUM OR IT WILL BE SEEN AS UNCLAIMED FUND AND WILL BE SENT TO CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS WORLD WIDE.



BE PUNCTUAL!!!



Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours in service,
Mrs. Sophia Halanedale

Executive Co-ordinator(Urban Lottery Inc).

Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman(Manager Foreign Operations), Prof.Michael Miller{fiducial Agent) Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE, MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT THE LOTTERY PAYING BANK.


ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.







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