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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.
  • +447031967336 (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.
  • swisslotto1979@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SWISS NOTIFICATION <swiss.mail@notification.ch>
Date: 25 Nov 2006 13:33:25 -0600
Subject: YOU HAVE WON 3,000,000 MILLION EURO

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON 3,000,000 MILLION EURO





SWISS LOTTO UK.

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM

https://www.swisslotto.ch









Dear Sir/Ma,



Congratulations, you have have been awarded 3,000,000 Euro in the Satellite software email lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked Randomly by software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website. Your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the satelite software email lottery.



This promo is proudly sponsored by the Euro millions organization.





This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users, therefore you do not need to buy a ticket to enter for it. All email addresses were selected through a computer ballot system in which your email address was selected as one of the lucky winners.



The details of this winning you will find below:



Ref number 5, 7, 14, 17, 18, 43

Serial number 1979-12

lucky Numbers 10,

"A" Category.





Please take note of the above information. You will need these information in order to activate your winnings. Your reference number is 5, 7, 14, 17, 18, 43.



All participants were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through an automated computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.



Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.



You can log on to our website for more information concerning our entire lottery promo https://www.swisslotto.ch Your email address, attached to number 5, 7, 14, 17, 18, 43 with Serial number 1979-12 drew the lucky Numbers 10, and consequently won the lottery in the "A" Category.





To claim your prize money, simply contact our claims department via phone or email with your following contact details:



1. Full Name:-

2.Contact Address:-

3.Country:-

4.Age:-

5.Telephone and Fax:-

6.Occupation:-





To file for your claim, please contact our european agent assigned to you.



Below is his contact Info:-



Mr Brown Smith

Claims Department, swiss lotto ,

Phone No:+447031967336

Email: swisslotto1979@yahoo.co.uk



This informations fercilitate the due process of the release of winnings avoid unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your winnings. please alway remember to quote your Reference / serial number in any correspondences with us or our Designated agent.



Congratulations once more from all members and staff of This program and Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.



Sincerely,

Marie Jones.

Co-Ordinator Euro Millions Organisation.

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