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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: Martha thursby <marthhursby_uk20@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:25:47 +0100 (BST)
Subject: {Disarmed} SEND ONLY REQUIRED INFORMATION


UK LOTTERY PAYMENT CENTRE
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
BRITISH ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).

UK Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON, LONDON.
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Dear consultational Winner,

I received your mail.
All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania. This obligation is part of our International Promotions program, which is conducted annually.
Furthermore, This programme was design to encourage the use of the Internet in developing nations but presently we are for now involving all the continents in the world. Winners are normally picked from the Internet depending on the usage and also your luck is based on if you are on the internet when our computer balloting is taking place. The major computer companies in the world contribute to this programme with little contribution from the United Nations. Also this programme is covered by the various law of lottery of the United Kingdom and also of various countries of the European union. The Payment of our winners will be grouped into there payment zones. {Europe, ASIA And Africa} through computer balloting.

Another computer ballot will hold to determine the paying banks our twenty nine winner will be zoned to, so do endeavour to send your required information on time.
Due to unscrupulous acts by participants of this program, and as part of precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some persons, we have resulted to pay our winners by well insured courier delivery.

To enable us file in your name for payment, please do provide the following informations:

1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Email Address:
12.Your Lucky Numbers:
13.Ticket Number above;


You are adviced to keep your winning numbers to yourself so that nobody can make claim on your winnings.

Provide the following immediately so we can start processing your payment.


DISPATCH OFFICER IN CHARGE OF CLAIMS
UK PAYMENT CENTRE.
MARTHA THURSBY





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