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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.
  • claimsdepartment.info@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "frank williams" <frank029-zonalcoordinator@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimsdepartment.info@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:32:54 +0000
Subject: New Hope International

New Hope International
36 Great Surry House
London.
SE 28 8LR
Tel: 44 7031898776
Fax: 44 7030404130
Fax: 44 7005968272

Attn: Winner,

We wish to congratulate you and formally inform you that you have won the
sum of 506,297.08 GBP. This is a millennium scientific computer game in
which companies and individual email addresses were used.

It is a promotional program organized by "YAHOO & MSN, in conjunction with
"NEW HOPE INTERNATIONAL” aimed at encouraging internet users.

The following particulars are attached to your prize winning:
Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
E-mail ticket number: YMN/54/22/76
Lotto code number: YMN/I09622S
File Ref number: YMN/941OYI/06

Your winning prize is now deposited with a financial institution Following
our past experience. Be informed that your winning prize has a hardcover
insurance policy (H.I.P) that makes it impossible for another person to
claim your winning prize without your authorization


You are therefore required to contact the department of claims for due
process/ notarization of your prize winning award certificate. It is of
paramount important you quote the particulars attached to your prize
winning, to the claims department. Be notified also that the entire 15
certified winner’s for this batch have 10days from date of this information
to claim their prize winning.

Contact department of claims with the following;

Your full name
Your contact address
Your telephone/fax number
Either your international passport identity or driver’s license.

Name: Mrs. mary jones
E-mail: claimsdepartment.info@yahoo.co.uk


Congratulations!
M/r.frank williams
Zonal Coordinator.

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