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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 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.
  • mr.barrington_ecowasagent01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ecowas Donations." <MSOLS01@prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:49:40 -0800
Subject: ISTITUTO PACE SVILUPPO IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!

ISTITUTO PACE SVILUPPO
INNOVAZIONE ACLI
Organizzazione Non Governativa delle
ACLI per la Cooperazione Internazionale
Sede Nazionale
http://www.ipsia.acli.it/
Via G. Marcora, 18/20 - 00153 Roma


ISTITUTO PACE SVILUPPO IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!

Attention Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the
ISTITUTO PACE SVILUPPO INNOVAZIONE ACLI yearly
donations. Organisers of the United Nations, European
Union And Ecowas Yearly Donations.

Your e-mail address attached to TICKET NUMBER: 1416-
4612-750 with SERIAL NUMBER:3187-17 drew the LUCKY
DREW NUMBERS:31-17-8-28-55(bonus no.25), which
subsequently won you the donation in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim total sum of
$750,000(Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars) in
cash credited to file .This is from a total cash prize
of ( $75,000 000 ), shared amongst the one thousand
(100) lucky winners in this category.

All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer
draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations, corporate bodies and consumer shops in
all localities. That are listed online. This promotion
takes place yearly.

Your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated
in your play coupon. In view of this, your $750,000
(Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars) will be
released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe, Africa Or America.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your donation information confidential till your
Donation is processed and your money remitted to you
in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your
donation.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Please be warned.
To file for your claim,Please contact our agent.

Mr.Harry Green.
EMAIL ADDRESS: mr.barrington_ecowasagent01@yahoo.com

Endeavour to contact him with the following
informations:

1. Full Names:................................
2. Contact Address:...........................
3. Telephone Number:..........................
4. Age:..............
5. Sex:.................
6. Nationality:..........................
7. Occupation:.........................
8. Donation information i,e ticket number, batch
number, reference number,serial numbere.t.c

Yours faithfully,

Mc barrington

(Sir) Farlane

Donations co-ordinator and chairperson,
ISTITUTO PACE SVILUPPO
INNOVAZIONE ACLI

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