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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.
  • +447024034175 (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.
  • lotoclaims_uk@yahoo.co.uk
  • claims20010@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jane Hull" <claims09871234@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:36:56 -0600
Subject: I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY

CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON!!!!!!



BRITISH-AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
LOTTERY HOUSE HEADQUARTERS.
REGENT'S PARK,LONDON NW1 4NS,
UNITED KINGDOM
DATE:26/10/2006

Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to announce your email address as one of the 200 lucky
winners in the Free Lotto draw held on the 26th of October 2006. All 200
winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 100,000,000 {ONE
HUNDRED MILLION} international emails addresses all over the world.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total payout of USD $1,
000,000.00 (ONE MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS) only.

Your email address emerged along side with 199 others as a category of
winner in this year's Annual Draw.
The BRITISH-AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS is proudly sponsored
by the Microsoft Corporation, Coca Cola, Nokia, MTN, the Intel Group, Toyota
,Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh. And mostly by the United Kingdom and
the American Governments.

The BRITISH-AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS is held once in every
four years interval. And it is organized to encourage the Unity and
International relationship between the British and the American government
and the World
use of internet and computers.
We are proud to say that over $25 Million USA dollars are won annually in
more than 150 countries world-wide,in The BRITISH-AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
Consequently, You have therefore been approved for a total pay out of USD
$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS) only.

The following particulars are attached to your Lotto Payment Order:

Date of Notification: 26/10/2006
Ref: 7458222754
Batch: 905534213/255
Winning no: XB3/701/LNRC
Lucky numbers: 2-17-43-47-52
Ticket number: 7458222754
Serial number: 6741137002.
Amount: $1,000,000.00

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till you claim your prize Money.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program.
Please be warned.
===================================================
To file your claims please contact our UNITED KINGDOM Representative Agent
below:
NAME : Prof.Emmanuel Francis.
EMAIL: lotoclaims_uk@yahoo.co.uk
EMAIL: claims20010@hotmail.com
TEL : +447024034175
TEL : +447031840421
TEL : +447031841908
===================================================

Sincerely,
Mrs.Jane Hull
Promotions Manager.
BRITISH-AMERICAN
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
UNITED KINGDOM.

NOTE:
All winnings MUST be claimed on or before 25th of November 2006;
otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to
charity homes.


Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

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