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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!
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • garcia_statedpt_office@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • clearance_office@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "US DEPARTMET OF STATE" <usdiversity007@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:54:31 +0100
Subject: AMERICAN DV2007 VISA LOTTERY PROGRAM***YOU ARE A WINNER***


* DV LOTTERY.STATE.GOV
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
**www.dvlottery.state.gov* <http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/>*

Dear Winner,

Itis my pleasure to congratulate you on your success in the AMERICAN DV2007
VISA LOTTERY PROGRAM which was applied and processed by ouragency. You were
selected as one of the lucky winners on our internetscreening machine,for
the DV2007 USA national visa lottery program. Yourvisa lottery winner's
identity is ID-6200DV and your serial net visapassport with us is
SNVPh700IU.In this respect, you are directed toforward the following
requirements:

l. Your present contact address(for correspondence)
2. Your recent passport photograph .
3 REGULARMAIL.

You can also send your photo(s) by regular mail. The photomust be between 1
½ by 1 ½ and 2 by 2 inches (37-50 mm)square, with the applicant's,spouse's,
or child's name printed on theback.Please mail the photos to:
Immigration Services:
PA/PL, Rm.3206
U.S. Department of State
2301 C Street NW Washington, D.C.20720
Or preferably, you can scan them and send via email for
fasterprocessing.Clearance /acceptance fees is($989.67)
Details ofrequirements:
Your present contact address should be forwarded strictlyto our receiving
correspondent Mrs. Garcia Alisuaskas through her emailaddress (**
garcia_statedpt_office@yahoo.com* <garcia_statedpt_office@yahoo.com>*
). We accept Western Union MoneyTransfer/Money Gram as the ONLY payment
method due to some reasons fromour past experiences. (Credit card is not
acceptable,please.)Forinformation on how to send across the fees,please
contact the ClearanceOfficer Mr. Alfred Harold through his email (**
clearance_office@yahoo.com).Your*
<clearance_office@yahoo.com).Your>*payment confirmation shall be sent
to you as soon as clarificationis done on
your payment.

Providing the above requirements willassure you of getting your Visa Lottery
Acknowledgement Card and VisaLottery Security Code which we shall send to
your email address.
Important notice: Please make sure you report and forward your VisaLottery
Code and Acknowledgement Card to the USA embassy in yourindividual country
for your Green Card and other necessary claims.
According to the United States of America's Code of Conduct andConstitution
Vol.176/866:Act 690SN guiding all immigration,and GreenCard permit Agencies,
Non-Response,14 days after you receive thismessage to your winner's status
shall reveal "No interest" and we wouldin return, refer your lottery code
and acknowledgement card back to theUSA Government/Immigration Service
Center.
We shall be anticipatingyour reply soon.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE.

Mrs.CynthiaBrown,
Co-coordinator.

KELVIN POWELL
Executive Director.
Note:Your response/reply should be sent ONLY to the above stated
Emailnetwork.This is for security reasons.*

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