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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.
  • +27783834352 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • freelotto2001@hotmail.com
  • hon_john008edward@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "free congralulations" <freecongratulations@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:47:06 +0000
Subject: ANNUAL AWARD WINNER

 

                 THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

                                                       

 

THE FREELOTTO COMPANY
 UK HEAD OFFICE
 SUITE 23-30, LION TOWERS
 CENTRAL LONDON  ENGLAND
 E-mail: freelotto2001@hotmail.com
 

Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914
 Ref: EAASL/851OYHI/04
 Batch: 12/25/DC34
 Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003
 Grand Draw No: 12099
 

                                       CONGRATULATIONS  WINNING NOTIFICATION
 
 Dear Winner,
 
 We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky  winners in the   FreeLotto draw held   19th of  Dec 2006. All 10 winning  addresses  were randomly  selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international  emails. Your email address  emerged alongside 9 others as category 2 winners in  this year's Annual FreeLotto  Draw
 
 Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564  75604545 100  with!   Serial number 46560 drew the winning:  37-13-43-85-67-11, which subsequently  won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
 
 You  have therefore been approved for a total pay  out of  £1,000,000.00  pounds (one million pounds) in cash credited to file  KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of UK £10,000,000,00 Million  pounds, shared   amongst the first 10  luckywinners  in this category  world-wide.
 
 Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro  booklet  representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In  view  of this,your £1,000,000.00 pounds (one million pounds)would be released to   you.
 
 Our African agent will immediately commence the  process to facilitate  the  release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants  were  selected randomly from World Wide Web site through  computer draws  system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and  personal emails. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are  advised   to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed   and your money remitted to you.

 

 

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid  double claiming  and   unwarranted abuse of this program by some  unscrupulous elements.   Please be  warned. To file for your claim, please contact our  corresponding  agent in   South Africa immediately you read this message for  quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information is as  follow: -  HON  JOHN EDWARD(ESQ) E-mail:{hon_john008edward@yahoo.com }TEL -+27-78-3834352).

 

 Please be informed that all winning must be claimed  on or before  15th Feb  2007. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please  quote  your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our  designated  agents.
 
 Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has successfully won this competition.

 

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery  program.
 
 
 YOUR'S Sincerely,
 
 Mrs. GLADYS OWEN.
 United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.
 
 
 Mr.GREY JOHNSON,
 United Kingdom zonal Secretary General.
Thank you for your Co-operation.

 

        LAST WINNERS ON UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.

 

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AND E-SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY UK.At your disposal, we remain. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

Regards,

BRIAN SOUTHGATE 

Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
 International Program.
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