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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: MacDanny Cole <fiduciaryofficerdannycole@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:32:54 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FILL AND SUBMIT.


Dear Nadja Osterzer,

No attachment was received from you. Please fill and submit the requested details below. It is needed to facilitate the swift processing of your winning funds. Upon our receipt of these details, our payment bank will be instructed to remit your funds to you, in whatever mode of transfer preferable to you.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY : WINNING PRIZE CLAIMS-
LOTTERY CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM-C (Prize Winning Receipt)
=============================================================
[FULLNAME OF
WINNER]........................[CURRENTADDRESS]....................
[COUNTRY/REGION]...............................[STATE/PROVINCE]............
......
[AGE]........................................[SEX]...........
................................
[MARTIALSTATUS].....................[OCCUPATION]...................................
[CURRENTEMAIL]........
.............[TEL/FAX]........................................
[HOW DO YOU
FEEL]....................................................................
...
-------------------------------------------------
ENTRY WINNING INFORMATION
-------------------------------------------------
[ENTRYTICKET NR].........................
[DRAWDATE].. ........................
CLAIMANTSIGNATORY DECLARATION
====================================
I,.........HEREBY DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEVER RECIEVED ANY SETTLEMENT
FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOR ANY MEMBER
OF
MY FAMILY FILLED CLAIM ON MY BEHALF TO NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTION. I, THEREFORE, REQUEST UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS
WINNING PROMOTION TO ACT ON MY BEHALF IN THE PROCESSING AND TRANSFER
MY PRIZE AS INSTRUCTED BY ME.
=========================================

Thanks,
MacDanny Cole
Lottery Fiducial Officer



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