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

Fraud email example:

From: William Taylor <wtaylordelixi1@yahoo.it>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:37:08 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Winnings


WESTERN CYPRUS LOTTERY


WINNING NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE

We happily announce to you the results of the LOTTO 6/49,International online Sweepstakes program held on Saturday, Aprýl 22 2007.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 005 with Serial number 5368/13 drew the lucky numbers: 10-14-18-40-45(bonus No: 01),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Fýve Hundred Thousand pounds in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

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 , and corporate bodies that are listed online.

.Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him and provide him with the below details.



*Name of Winner:
*Address:
*City/State:
*Nationality:
*Sex:
*Tel:
*Occupation:
*Age:
*Amount Won:
*Lucky Nos:

The Contact Details for the agent is as below,
Sir Blake Malone
Email sirbmalone@yahoo.com.tr
Tel +905338375182
On behalf of me and the staff we say Congratulations and thank you for being part of our International online Sweepstakes program

Sincerely,
Jim West
Chairman.
Western Cyprus Lottery Corporation.

NOTE: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the Winners will result to disqualification that means you are not allowed to reveal this email to anybody until you have been fully paid. Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your agent immediately.




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