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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024060153 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • mrsmary_davids@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: NMUK <nuk2@uhca.org>
Reply-To: mrsmary_davids@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:36:09 -0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!



NEIL MESUXON UK LOTTO
UNIT 10,DERRY COURT PALMARIA
ROAD,WODEBRIDGE CORWALL PL27 7NE
UNITED KIGDOM.

Dear Winner,
We are pleased to announce you as one of the 10 lucky
winners in the
Free Lotto draw held on the 14th of September 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 category 2 Winners in
this year's Annual Free Lotto Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a
total pay
out of 1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros) only. The
following particulars
Are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) Email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: FL23112
(iv) The file Ref number: FL/04/5237900/NL
Please contact the under listed claims officer via
email and/or phone
assoon as possible for the immediate release of your
winnings:
Mrs Mary Davids
Neil Mexuson Solicitors
Tel- +44 702 406 0153
Email-  mrsmary_davids@yahoo.co.uk

N.B:
Please quote your Reference number in all
correspondence with the
claims officer.

Winners are advice to keep this award confidential
until prize are
claimed to avert incidence of impersonation by
unscrupulous elements.
Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Paul Green
Promotions Manager
NEIL MESUXON UK LOTTO
NEIL MESUXON UK LOTTO Awards is proudly sponsored by
the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba,
Dell Computers,Mackintosh and a Conglomeration of other
international IT companies.
NEIL MESUXON UK LOTTO Internet Draw is held once in a
year and is so organized toencourage the use of The
Internet and computers worldwide.


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