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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.
  • winningresults1@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BELGIUM WINNING PROGRAMME" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:14:14 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: NOTICE!!




Belgium Lottery Game
THE BELGIUM FREELOTTO COMPANY.
BELGIUM HEAD OFFICE,
BRANDHOFSTRAAT 58
KAPELLE OP DEN BOSs
1880
BELGIUM.

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 10 lucky winners in
this year`s FreeLotto award draws sponsored by Honda Company UK. The draws
was held on the August 14th 2006. All 10 winning addresses were randomly
selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails.Your email
address emerged alongside 9 others as a category "A" consulation prize
winner in this year's Annual Free Lotto Draw.

Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
150 000 pounds (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds) only in certified
bank cheque. The following particulars are attached to your lotto
payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 08-18-25-32-33-40
(ii) Email tag number: FL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: FL09622UK
(iv) File Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK
Please contact the underlisted Claims Officer as soon as possible for
the immediate release of your winnings:
Mr. Wannes Van Causbroeck,
Chief Claims Officer,
The Belgium FreeLotto Company.Fax: +32 157125951.
Email: winningresults1@yahoo.com.hk

N.B: Please edearvour to quote your Reference number in all
correspondence with the Claims Officer. Winners must send their Full Names,
Address, Telephone Number and means of identification (international
passport, drivers licence or work I'D card) to Chief Claims Officer, via
email or fax, to process the immediate payment of your prize.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!Once again on behalf of all our staff, Sincerely,
Monica Farrah(Mrs)
Promotions Manager
The FreeLotto company
UK & Europe.
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The FreeLotto Awards is proudly sponsored by some interested
multinational companies yearly as a medium to promote their products.The
freelotto internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage
the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say
that over 200 Million Euros are won annually in more than 150 countries
worldwide.
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