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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: DAVID SMITH <info_agent016@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:00:27 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FILE FOR YOUR CLAIMS!!!



THE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
MERCEDES-BENZ 22 Garden Close, Stamford,

Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom.
MERCEDES-BENZ AUTOMOBILES NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;(Registration Z720633X).

Dear winner,

Greetings to you and congratulation once again,we wish to inform you that you should file for your claims so that we can verifly with what we received from the lottery manager to avoid dourble claim, this form is valid for only those who have won the MERCEDES-BENZ ONLINE LOTTERY. Fill in the required fields in the space provided below. No field should be left blank, because your particulars are needed for record purposes.

NOTE : IT IS REQUIRED YOU CLICK THE REPLY BUTTON BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS FORM, AS ALL INPUTED DATA MAY BE LOST UPON OUR RECEPTION. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR BROWSER SETTING DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM e.g html program, YOU ARE TO SEND THE REQUIRED DATA IN PLAIN TEXT FORMAT.

Please fill in the appropriate information in the space below:


WINNER'S VERIFICATION FORM
WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA First Name.: [input] *
Middle Name.: [input]
Last Name.: [input] *

Gender.: MaleFemale

Month Of Birth.: Month January Febuary March April MayJune JulyAugust September October November December
Day: Day1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Year: [input]

Marital Status.: Single Married Divorced
Nationality.: [input] *
Religion.: [input]
Occupation.: [input]

Address 1.: [input] *
Address 2.: [input]
City.: [input] *
State/Province.: [input] *
Zip Code.: [input] *

Mobile phone No.: [input] *
House Phone No.: [input] *
Fax No.: [input]
Email Address.: [input] * eg. username@domainname.com

WINNING INFORMATION
Registration Number: [input] *
Secret Pin Code: [input] *
Refrence Number: [input] *
This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: [input] No: [input]





MR HENRY HILLS
( uk zonal co-ordinator)


Past winners.





Regards,
David Smith,
Contact Processing Officer,

Tell:+4470240990









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