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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.
  • +448712637578 (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.
  • southeastsecfin@aol.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "micro promo" <microprom7@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 14:31:37 +0300
Subject: CONTACT YOUR PAYING BANK

CONTACT YOUR PAYING BANK
MICROSOFT GLOBAL PROMOTIONS
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD .
REF: CIL/231-FMI020/07
BATCH: IPD/15/097/MGB
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you that you have won the sum of £650,000(Six
Hunderd And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds) from the Microsoft Global
International Lottery programs held on the 10TH MAY 2007. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number 20511465897-6287 with serial number
472-971103 drew lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-46-88 which consequently won in
the 3rd category,you have therefore been approved to receive the above sum

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information very confidential till your claims has been processed and your
prize/money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 200,000,000 company and 300,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world.

This promotional program takes place annually.


We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year £2
million international lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our/your fiducial agent,

Dr EDMOND JONES
Southeast Financial & security Company
Email:southeastsecfin@aol.co.uk
Fax:: +44-871-263-7578

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform
our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 21 is automatically disqualified and if
after Seven (7) days claim is not made , winning will be taged as unclaimed
and returned back for the next stake.

Sincerely Yours,
EDINA WOODLAND
Lottery Coordinator.

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