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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.
  • +31617772682 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • globalsoftware@fsmail.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jack owens <jack@owens777.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:20:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CLAIM NO: 17940128111


CLAIM NO: 17940128111
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION
CLAIM NO: 17940128111
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
GLOBAL SOFTWARE LOTTO
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD
DEPT.
Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform
you of the result of the
Global Software Lotto Winners International
programs held on the 19th
of Aug, 2006. Your e-mail address attached
to ticket No: 17940128111
with prize No 1581015/HL drew Euro 750,000.00
which was first in the 2nd
class of the draws. You are to receive
Euro 750,000.00(Seven Hundred And
Fifty Thousand Euros).
Please be informed
that because of mix up in
cash pay-outs, we ask you to keep your
winning information confidential
until your fund ( Euro 750,000.00) has been
fully remitted to you by our
accredited pay-point bank. This measure
must be adhered to in order to
avoid the loss of your cash prizes.
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 congratulate you once again. We hope you
will use part of it
in our next draws; the jackpot winning is
Euro 20million.
Remember, all
winning must be claimed not later than 25
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 Global Software Lotto.
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
(iv)Your winning numbers
(v)Contacttelephones and fax numbers
Contact person:
Mr. jack Owens
(International Processing Department).
Email: globalsoftware@fsmail.net
Telephone: +31-617-772-682
FAX:+31-847-300-602

Congratulations once again.
Yours
Sincerely,
Mrs. Patricia Walker
(Lottery Coordinator).
NB:CLAIM YOUR
PRIZE THROUGH THESE EMAIL
ADDRESSES: globalsoftware@fsmail.net

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