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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:

• 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.
  • +447024025438 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "DOUGLAS .M ROBIN" <douglasrobin_office022@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:54:37 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: YOUR INFORMATION




The UK National Lottery

PAYMENT/PROCESSING OFFICE, LIVERPOOL

40 RIDGE-WAY, LIVERPOOL NW71RN.

Tel:+447024025438,+ 447024025441



Hello Erchanbold Engel ,

How are you doing today?Well,l guess fine.l believe you received the notification letter from the Lottery Coordinator,notifying you as a winner.
l advised that you send forward your vital information immediately for the processing of your winning as a result of the limited time.

1. Ticket Number: ____________________________________________
2. Reference Number: _________________________________________
3. Batch Number: _____________________________________________
4. First/Last Name:___________________________________________
5. Home Address / Post Code/ Country:______________________________________________
6. Telephone (Home): ________________________________________

7. Email: ____________________________________________
8. Date of Birth: ___________________________________________
9. Occupation:___________________________________________
10. Gender / Marital Status:____________________________________
11.Your Prefferrred Mode of Prize Collection:i.Cheque ______ ii.Bank Transfer Method _______ iii.Come to UK _______
12. Annual lncome in USD :______________________________________
13. Attach your Passport or Driver's license.
__________________________________________________
14.Brief Description of Individual:
...........................................................
............................................................
............................................................
I__________________________ hereby declare that the above information is true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given false information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.
Once again congratulations from all the staff.Have a nice day.
Best Regards,

Douglas M. Robin.



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