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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.
  • +447024025348 (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.
  • links4_swtbplc@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: okok2@comcast.net (NATIONAL LOTTERY)
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:05:46 +0000
Subject: National Lottery


National Lottery
8 LOWER MALL,
HAMMERSMITH
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Phone:+44-702-402-5348
:+44-20-3002-5621

Dear Lucky Winner,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the British National
Lottery (international program) held on the 6th Jaunary, 2007.Your
e-mail. address attached to ticket #: 34090322816 with prize #
435680-00/12 drew 2,000,000.00 GBP which came out first in the 1st
Category of the
draws.You have been approved to receive 1,000,000.00 GBP(One Million
Pounds).

Because of claims mix-up and the limited time claims pay-outs, we will
advice that you keep your winning information confidential unt il your
prize (1,000,000.00 GBP) has been remitted to you by our accr edited
paying bank.You must adhere to this instructions strictly to avoid loss
of your cash prize - this program has been abused severally , so we are
doing all we can to forestall further abuse by way of wrong claims.

It's important to note that this draws were conducted formally under
the watchful eyes of over 45,000 audiences. Winners are selected
through an internet ballot system from 160,000 personal and corporate
e-mail addresses.

(i) Your names...................................
(ii) Contact telephone and fax numbers..............................
(iii) Contact Address..................................................
(iv) Your winning numbers.........................................
(v) Quote amount won..........................................
(vi) Occupation.....................................................
(vii) Sex..................(ix) Age....................................
(viii) Country..................................

Contact the Courier with the following immediately:
FRONITER FORWARDING SERVICES LTD
Contact person: Peter Clark
E-mail: links4_swtbplc@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44-702-402-5348
: +44-20-3002-5621
Fax: +4420-7900-2930

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