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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.
  • +448702361612 (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.
  • linux_handler@mac.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "daves101@terra.es" <daves101@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:11:54 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Winning Notification !!



LINUX EMAIL LOTTERY UK.
REF NO: LSW/56B-672GH/L
BATCH: 4583JL/WIN
LINUX EMAIL LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTION:UK
Finally today, we announce the winners of the LINUX EMAIL LOTTO WINNING
PROGRAM held on 30Th of March,2007. By Linux Benedict Torvalds who
is sharing his fortunes.Your company or your personal e-mail address,
attached to winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100, With serial number
647489, consequently won in the THIRD lottery category.

You have been approved for lump sums pay out of $500,000 USD (FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) in cash Credited to file REF NO:
LSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100. Selection
process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email
selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 1,000,000 email
addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses
from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and
corporate bodies picked by an LINUX advanced automated random computer
search from the Internet. No ticket were sold but all email addresses
were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and
privacy.

This is to encourage and advertise LINUX packages all over the world.
Your fund (Certified Cashiers Cheque) has been insured with your REF
NO: LSW/56B-672GH/L and winning number 23-76-06-54-42-100. To claim your
winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email
for Processing and remittance of your prize to you.

The Claims Processor:
Name: Mr.Lewis Anderson
Fax: (+44) 870 236 1612
Tel: (+44) 704 570 4365
E-mail: linux_handler@mac.com


Do email the above email address all at once. In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your
reference and winning numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer.
You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your ticket number and ballot number.
(This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained)

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATION REQUIRED TO
CLAIM YOUR
WINNING PRIZE:
1.Full
Name:..............................................................
2.Address:.................................................................
3.Nationality:............................................................
4.Age:.........................Date of
Birth:............................
5.Occupation:.............................................................
6.Phone:...............Phone 2:...................Fax:.................
7.State of Origin:......................Country:..........

Sincerely,
Mrs. Clara .M. Abraham
Online Co-coordinator Secretary
LOTTERY SPONSOR
LINUX Corporation UK








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