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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!
• 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.
  • +447031926505 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Luisa Adams <luisaadamsemiratelotto@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:48:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Award Winner : Rolando Naumann,


EMIRATES HERITAGE LOTTERY 2007.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!

Dear Award Winner : Rolando Naumann,

Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render you complete assistance and provide additional information and Ducument for the claims of your consolation prize,attched to this mail is a copy of your winning certificate, you can check for your view.

1. Name :

2. Contect Address :

3. City/ State :

4. Nationality :

5. Sex :

6. Email Address :

7. Tel :

8. Occupation :

9. Next of Kin :

10. Age :

11. AMOUNT WON :

14. Ticket No. : Ticket number

view below our payment modalities and tick option of payment.

(1) TRAVELLING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR CASH COLLECTION (Send flight itinerary to confirm your rrival/appiontment Date)...............................

2) BY COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY....................................

You Should be aware that the processing of your certificate will take up to One day before it will be completed.

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consolation prize winning, UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY-wheel Email-games.

ACCEPT OUR HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS.
U.A.E Home of all Trade.
© Emirates Heritage Lottery 2007.
Tel: +44-703-192-6505


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