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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: moore Green <macdonaldpayoffice@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:40:24 +0100 (BST)
Subject: some info concerning your unusual letter


Dear Winner,

It is very true that because of the increasly rate of scam, Bonnaza do not get
to the lucky ones. But to those whose luck is completely on their said, they still pursue their winnings at the end of the process,their money delivered to them either by carrier master or through transfer.
I advise that you ask for your winnings because you are a lucky winner,usually a form will be sent to you which you will be required to fill in your Ticket numbers, winning number and your name and address, Your winning Certificate shall be sent along with our official sponsor requirement, that is a fee of 600 pounds be payed into our agent account as cost to deliver winning claims to our winners destination.This is to all lucky winners in this programm. after then you claim will be processed right here in this department and deliver to you via the method you requested.

I Advise also that incase you are not willing to lay claim to your winnings, Please write officially to us with your winning numbers informing us to that effect.

Congratulation once again for been part of this programm.

Vivian Howard.






































































































Xiomar Fischmacher <XiomaFischmache449@mozartmail.info> wrote:

Dear Sir,

Please pardon me but it is not seldom I been informed that such funds are often not true.

Truly I wish not for any derision to be played on me, so if it is not a joke then provide me some relevant legal proofs.

My recent outlook is recently becoming still more auspicious and I desire similiar good wishes for you.

Hr. Xiomar Fischmacher

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