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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.
  • +447024079709 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031834753 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • bbintweb@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kel_aronin4@terra.es" <kel_aronin4@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 03:15:40 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION



&& &&&&& AFFILIATED OFFICE OF FREELOTTO U.K 82 Victoria Street,
Victoria London SW1 U.K. Tel: ( 44)-704-5701-202 Fax: ( 44)-870-479-428
CONGRATULATION, LOTTERY WINNER!!! ATTENTTION: WINNING!!! WEB FREELOTTO,
pleased to inform you of the release, of the recent results of the
FREELOTTOINTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM In Conjunction with Microsoft Web
held on FERUERY,25th, 2007 . You were entered as dependent clients with:
Reference SERIAL NUMBER: F2-003-036 and Batch numberFR/45-300-06. Your
email address attached to the ticket number: 54-20-17-52-34-30 that drew
the lucky winning number, which consequentlywon the daily Jackpot in
the first category, in four parts. You have been approved for a payment
of 500,000.00GBP (five hundred thousand Pounds Starlings ) in cash
credited to file reference number:TFR/9900034943/JPT. Congratulations!!!
Microsoft Web Free Lotto Winning Draw Results for february, 1, 2007
50,000.00GBP: 4-5-34-41-3-37 200,000.00GBP: 22-43-6-9-28-26 10,000.00GBP:
12-32-17-14-24-10 100,000.00GBP : 2-27-22-47-16- 21 Winning Jackpot:
500,000.00GBP: Ticket number: 54-20-17-52-34-30 Super Bulk:
10,000,000.00GBP: Ticket number:37-2-48-41-46-25-43 Please contact the under listed
claims release office for immediate pay out of your winning fund: Mr.
Richard William (Free lotto Fiduciary Department ) 82 Victoria Street
Victoria London SW1 U K Email:bbintweb@yahoo.com Phone contact:
+447024079709 Fax: 44-703-183-4753 He is your claims procesing agent, and he is
responsible for the processing and transfer of yourwinnings to you. After
receiving your check from our office in U.K and other relevant
documents you may need to claim your winning will be delivered to you by
ourpaying bank as soon as you validateyour claims..







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