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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.
  • +447045728103 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY <alertdesk9@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:17:02 +0000
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE




The Marina Offices,St Peters Yacht Basin,Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England. Ref: UK/9420X2/68Batch: 074/05/ZY369 WINNING NOTIFICATION!Dear Winner, Congratulations! You have just won yourself a total sum of £750,000 (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03 in the satellite email software lottery conducted by UK NATIONAL PROMOTION in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by a Software powered by the Internet. You are to contact our Promotions Manager for Clearance. Here is the contact information: Mr. Ryan ForrestEmail: winnotice@yahoo.co.ukTel: +447045728103 You are to forward the following details to enable us clear your file for immediate payment: 1. Full Names: 2. Address: 3. Age: 4. Sex: 5. Occupation:6. Phone number:7. Country: Yours faithfully,Elaine Duncan

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