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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!
• 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.
  • 00447024017306

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Free-Lottery=20Promo=20Inc=A9=202006?= <freelottoincpromo@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:43:52 +0100 (BST)
Subject: YOUR CLAIM......................CONGRATULATIONS!!!!


Dear winner

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

I received your mail and have been informed that you are
one of the winners of our FREE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT.

You are to provide the following information to
facilitate your claim:

A duly completed Prize Award Verification & Payment
Form to enable this office verifiy, process,and approve
your winning payout.

Note that it is against the policies of this program for
any staff of this program to involve in any matter relating to our
client's claim. So you are adviced not to suggest any kind of
involvement to any of our staffs that may attract dis-qualification
of our prize claim. Find attached a Prize Award Verification & Payment
Form Draft below which you are to fill out and return by fax/ email to
this office .

Once again, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Yours faithfully,
David Flowell
****************************************************
FREE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
Address: 74 CRANBOUNE ROAD
CITY, STATE, ZIP: LIVERPOOL,
MERSEYSIDE LI7 2HX
COUNTRY: UNITED KINGDOM
PONE: 0044-702-4017-306
FAX : 0044-870-9743-922

PRIZE AWARD VERIFICATION FORM
PERSONAL DETAILS:
NAME( MR. MRS.
MS.):.................................................
COMPANY NAME: (IF
APPLICABLE)...........................................
ADDRESS:..............................................
CITY:.................................................
STATE:...…............................................
ZIP CODE:.............................................
TEL:..................................................
FAX:...........................…......................
HOME TEL:.....….......................................
EMAIL ADDRESS:...................…....................
WEBSITE:..............................................
OCCUPATION:...............................…...........
MARITAL
STATUS:...............................................
DATE OF
BIRTH:................................................
DECLARATION:
I,..............................................HEREBY
DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEVER RECIEVED ANY SETTLEMENT FROM
FREE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS NOR ANY MEMBER
OF MY FAMILY FILLED CLAIM ON MY BEHALF TO FREE LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION. I, THEREFORE AUTHORIZE, FREE
LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION TO ACT ON MY BEHALF IN
THE PROCESSING AND SEND MY PRIZE AS INSTRUCTED BY ME.
SIGNATURE(TYPE IN YOUR NAMES):....................
DATE:....................…......
NOTE: THIS VERIFICATION FORM SHOULD BE COMPLETELY FILLED
OUT AND RETURN WITHIN 72HOURS OF RECEIPT OF THIS FORM.
*************************************************



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