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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!
• 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.
  • lottolnd@di-ve.com

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs.Fairy Goodman <mproject@rallye-webmail.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:45:22 +0100
Subject: Winner You Are!!!!


UK-LOTTO HEADQUARTERS:
national lottery commission
2nd floor,101 wigmore street,
london, W1U1QU.
Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the U.K. - National Lottery International programs held on the 30th of September, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to Draw Number #:2006/1124 with Winning Number #8 12 13 19 26 38 11 won the first prize of the draws. You are to receive £1,454,780.00 equivalent US$2,722,766.25 (Two Million, Seven Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand, Seven Hundred and Sixty Six dollars, Twenty Five Cents Only).
Please be informed that because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask you to keep your winning information safe until your fund (£1,454,780.00 equivalent US$2,722,766.25 ) has been fully paid to you by our accredited pay-point Centers depending where your Ticket Number falls. Prize-winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other participants. It's important to note that this draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected through an internet ballot system from 74,000 individual and companies e-mail addresses, hence, the draws are conducted around the world through our internet based ballot system.
The promotion is sponsored and promoted by Global Software Group. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the jackpot winning is US$50 million. Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30 days of this draw. After this date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake. Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote your winning numbers in all correspondence with us.
Congratulations once again from all members of the U.K. - National Lottery International programs. Thank you for being part of our promotional program. For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our processing Department with the following information for onward forwarding to the paying Bank:
(i)Your names,
(ii)State amount won.
(iii)Contact Address/Occupation
(iv)Your winning numbers
(v)Contact telephones and fax numbers

You are therefore advised to contact the Online coordinator,U.K. National Lottery in the person of:
Mr.Hazel Zerola via
Email: lottolnd@di-ve.com
Congratulations once again.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Fairy Goodman
(Lottery Coordinator).
http://www.thelotter.com/LotteryResults.aspx?id=24&DrawNumber=56092

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