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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: ENQUIRY DEPARTMENT <ca_lott.enquiry01@web.de>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:58:48 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION / CONGRATULATIONS!!!









MRS. ANN BARRETT
Canada Lottery-Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw.
Consumer Affairs Dept.
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">70 Foster Drive, Suite 800</st1:address></st1:Street>
Sault Ste. Marie, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ontario</st1:City>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">P6A 6V2</st1:PostalCode>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">CANADA</st1:country-region></st1:place> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

[http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=6] <o:p></o:p>

ATTN: Customer AFRSA680
REF: EAAL/851OYHI/05
Batch No: Lotto 6/49
<o:p></o:p>

RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION <o:p></o:p>

<o:p></o:p>

The Canadian/South African Government and Microsoft Dynamic Inc. sponsors this lottery for the promotion of the 2010 Soccer World cup to be hosted in <?xml:namespace prefix = u1 /><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:PlaceType u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Republic</u1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType> of <u1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">South Africa</u1:PlaceName></u1:place></st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p>



As we continue on our Promotional Lottery Draw in this year 2007,We happily announce to you the Ongoing Annual draws of the Online Euro-Afro-Asian-American Sweepstake Lottery International Programs held on Sat. March 03, 2007 ( Category ''A''.) , Wed. March 07, 2007( Category ''B''.)and Sat March 10 (Category ''C'') in Essex <u1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:country-region></u1:country-region> and <u1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></u1:State

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