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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +448700682471 (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.
  • balls.002@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "balls002@icmail.net" <balls.002@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:39:14 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have won $3,000,000,00(Three Million US Dollars) only

FROM: SKY LOTTO COMPANY
41B EDGE WARE ROAD LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
We are please to announce you as one of the 100 lucky
winners in the SKY LOTTO draw held on the 30th of October,
2006
All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch
of 50,000,000 international emails.Your email address
emerged alongside 99
others as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual SKY
LOTTO Draw.Consequently, you have therefore been approved
for a total pay out of
$3,000,000,00(Three Million US Dollars) only. In order to
avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember
toquote your reference number and batch numbers all
correspondence.
1,Email ticket number: ticket # 88171/29281/57363
2,BATCH:# 742-109-527-UK43
3,The file Ref # : 920/210/4509
4,lucky # 9-21-81-91-34-45
5,lotto code # : FL09622/UK
Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as
possible
for the immediate release of your winnings:
Mr. Dave johnson
Chief financial Director
The SKY LOTTO COMPANY
Telephone number +44 -703-195-8114
Fax: +44-870-068-2471
Email : ((balls.002@hotmail.com))
For processing and remittance of your cash to a designated
account of your choice. remember, all winnings must be claim
not later than 4th
of November, 2006, After this date, All unclaims funds will
be returned to the International Lotto, you should contact
Mr. Dave Johnson about the claimant procedures, send your
fax and telephone to Mr. Dave johnson, this will enable his
office to send the
claims application form (A4)to you the Beneficiary. Please
note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch
numbers all correspondence.Further more, should there be any
change of address do inform
Mr.Dave Johnson as soon as possible. Mr. Dave Johnson is
responsible for the processing of your approved file to the
bank for payment.
Congratulations once again, from all members of staff and
thank you for
being part of our promotions program.
Once again on behalf of all our staff, reply to
((balls.002@hotmail.com))
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
SKY LOTTO COMPANY
Promotions Manager
The Lotto company

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