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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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Larry Holms" <agent_larryholms@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 06:56:25 -0500 (EST)
Subject: FILL VERIFICATION FORM


AOL MEGA PROMOTION,31 HAMMERSMITH ROAD LONDON W14 8UDUNITED KINGDOMFROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,REF NO: MELI-T/17-F044262312Dear Amd Austerhagen,
How are you today? You are one of the lucky winner, i want you to ask yourself a question? How do we know your Email Address if not that you are one of internet user's. I want to inform you that your email address was chosen among host lot of others in the last draws, so you dont have to be skeptical about your winnings.
In response to your email, you don't need to delay your winnings go ahead and process your winnings so we can process your winning fund immediately. You are in safe hands.
>From the lottery house confirm you as one of our lucky winner, you suppose to get back to me with the below details to process your claims.
fill out Claims Requirements for proper verification and get back to me for immediate dispatch of your winnings.
Claims Requirements:
1.FULL NAMES:2.NATIONALITY:3.AGE:4.GENDER:5.OCCUPATION:6.MARITAL STATUS:7.AMOUNT WON:8.DELIVERY ADDRESS/PHONE AND FAX:9.REF NO:10.PREFFERED MODE OF DELIVERY (CHOOSE FROM THE BELOW) DELIVERY OPTIONS:
(A) BANK ACTIVATION OPTION: Requires you activating an account with HSBC UK where your funds will be deposited and then you can transfer using an account login which will be allocated to you.
(B) Go to our Offshore Payment Center here in Europe and receive your Prize.
Regards,Larry Holms.

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