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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447024065541 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: FREE LOTTO <fliepp_8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <freelottofiduciaryagent01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 05:35:31 -0600
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF WINNING!!!



FREELOTTO AFFILIATED OFFICE U.K,82 VICTORIA STREET VICTORIA LONDON SW1 U.K(+44)-702-406-5541OR 009447024065541
(8:00am-6:00pm GMT) Monday-Friday

NOTIFICATION OF WINNING We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the recent
results of the FREELOTTO INTERNATIONAL EMAIL
PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 1st Of May,2007. You
were entered as dependent clients with: Reference Serial
Number: F2-003-036 and Batch number FR/45-300-06.
Your email address attached to the ticket number:
54-20-17-52-34-30 that draw the lucky winning number, which consequently won you the Daily
Jackpot in the first category,in four parts. You have been
approved for a payment of $2,000,000.00 (Two Million
United State Dollars) in cash credited to file reference
number: TFR/9900034943/JPT. 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,
associatons and co-oporate bodies that are listed online.
To file for your claim, please contact your fudiciary agent
immediately via the email below:Mr. James Keegan(Freelotto Fiduciary Department )82 Victoria Street Victoria London SW1 U.KEmail:freelottofiduciaryagent01@yahoo.co.ukTel: (+44)-701-702-6970 OR 009447017026970Direct Line:(+44)-702-406-5541 OR
009447024065541(8:00am-6:00pm GMT)
Monday-FridayFax:(+44)-707-515-8269
========================================
The freelotto internet draw is held every month and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and
computer worldwide. We are proud to say that over 400 millions U.S Dollas are
won annually in more than 118 countries Worldwide.Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear
to be using Free Lotto addresses, but are not from The Free Lotto. PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO:
fraudalert@freelotto.com
========================================Once again congratulations... Cordially,SIR GEORGE HARRISOnline Co-ordinator
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