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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!

Fraud email example:

From: accu lotto <accu_lotoagent@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:44:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CLAIMING PROCEDURE.





Dear Lucky Winner,
Attn/Cort Urnerder.

We have received your email and wishes to state it categorically clear to you that if you are not qualified for the winning, we will not notify you of it.

Once again congratulation over your winning Fund In the emails lottery promotion.
This is what you will do next to enable you claim your winning funds
that as laid down by the lottery board of control.

Fill this CLAIMING RELEASE FORM bellow and send it immediately in this e-mail Address and Phone me after you have sent the form to this Email address because I am a very busy person.

Regard.

Claiming Manager.
Mr. Adam Smith.
Tel: +226 76 69 41 72.

AWARD FUNDS RELEASE FORM (EMLK/85-045)

PERSONAL DETAILS

(1)YOUR FULL NAME:..............................................
(2)CONTACT ADDRESS:...........................................
(3)SEX........................................................................
(4)AGE:.......................................................................
(5)MARITAL STATUS:...............................................
(6)OCCUPATION:........................................................
(7)COUNTRY...............................................................
(8)PHONE NUMBER...................................................
(9)YOUR PASSPORT PHOTO.....................................

FUNDS TRANSFER DETAIL

(1) BANK NAME:......................................................
(2) BANK ADDRESS:................................................
(3) ACCOUNT NUMBER:..........................................
(4) BANK SWIFT CODE:..........................................


Mr Alex Zafar: The Organizer.From England.
WE DONT TOLERATE PIRACY OR SCAM ! WE DONT TOLERATE PIRACY OR SCAM !



Report from the Management,
Lottery Organisation








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