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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.
  • +447031843040 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704795761 (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.
  • claims.service@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Blue-Sky Consultant U.K" <claims.service@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 09:12:27 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Claims procedure


Attn.: Winner,

Ref Number: FL/04/736207104/UK
Ticket number: FL754/22/76
Dear Winner,

Congratulations on your selection as one of the lucky
Winners of the freelotto promotional lottery.

To begin the processing of your claims below, please kindly fill
It and send the claims form as an attachment through
Email on claims.service@yahoo.co.uk with any form
Of identification.
Please we do not allow a second party to claim of stand in place of a winner.

You can call me for further clarification if needed.

Kindly acknowledge receipt.

Yours sincerely

Please fill the required fields below with any form of identification.

FULL NAMES:.................................
COUNTRY:....................................
STATE/CITY/ZIP:.............................
POSTAL/STREET ADDRESS:......................
............................................
DATE OF BIRTH:......... OCCUPATION:.........
SEX:...... TELEPHONE:.......................
_______PROCESSING/PAYMENT INFORMATION FORM__________

WINNING PARTICULARS:
(1) Winning numbers:
(2) Ticket number:
(3) Lotto Batch number:
(4) Lotto Ref number:
(5) Your winning email address:

Kindly acknowledge receipt.

Thank you for your co-operation.



MR. Nikolaos Kanakis
Client Sevice Manager
Blue-Sky Consulting U.K

TEL: +44 703 184 3040
+44 703 184 0548
+44 704 572 6673
Fax: +44 870 479 5761

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