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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.
  • +32486365171 (Belgium, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • euromillioninfo5@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Euromillions Winning Notice" <euromi_win_notice33@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 05:12:59 -0800
Subject: ONLINE EMAIL SWEEPSTAKE AWARD

ONLINE EMAIL SWEEPSTAKE AWARD
EURO MILLIONS LOTTO SWEEPSTAKE AWARD
RUE BELLIARD 12-18, 1040 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.
TEL: 0032-486-365-171 Email: euromillioninfo5@netscape.net

Ref. Number: 25 26 29 49 50 7 8 Batch Number: 1-8-15-22-GF
-29
Sir/Madam
In view of the yearly sweepstake of the above named organization held on
Friday the 25th of May 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
JKP-11-7-17-3-41 with serial number ND-6-30-10-4-18 drew lucky numbers
21-14-77-8-33-11 came up in the 1st category.

This invariably means that you have emerged as the prize recipient in the
first category with an allocated sum of (US$ 1000,000.00).This email
sweepstake is sponsored by a group of corporate organizations and
governmental parastatals drawn from major cities in Europe.

To file for your claim and other enquiries, contact the designated
fiducially consultant:
CONTACT: MR.STEVEN VAN PUTTE.
CITY/ COUNTRY: Bruxelles Belgium.
TEL:+32-486-365-171.
EMAIL: euromillioninfo5@netscape.net

Please note all winning must be claimed not later than 22nd of June, 2007.
Congratulations once more
Faithfully yours'
Kathleen Rudoulph (Mrs)
NB:To file for your claim and other enquiries, contact the designated
fiducially consultant:
CONTACT: MR.STEVEN VAN PUTTE.
CITY/ COUNTRY: Bruxelles Belgium.
TEL:+32-486-365-171.
EMAIL: euromillioninfo5@netscape.net

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