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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.
  • +447031955011 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: faxayapp_ 40 <faxayapp_40@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <frederickkprice@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:55:04 -0600
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOU_HAVE_WON_=A31,500.000.00_POUNDS_STERLING.?=



BRITISH LOTTERYThe Lottery CompanyP.O Box 789Harrogate HG1 2YRRef: UKL/04210X2/65Batch: 0741/060/GY369 Our Dear Winner,You have won the sum of £1,500.000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDREDTHOUSAND,POUNDS STERLING ) from BRITISH LOTTERY on our 2007 new yearcharity bonanza.The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet E-mailUsers,from which your Address came out as the winning coupon.We hereby urge you to claim the winning amount quickly as this is amonthly lottery. Failure to claim your win will result into thereversion of the fund to our following month.Congratulations from all the staff here. In order to verify yourwinnings,we need your particulars for record purposes, Attached here is a copyof our verifications form, Please fill accordingly so as to proceed with yourwinnings. Once again congratulations from all the staff. CLAIMS PROCESSING FORM 1. FULL NAMES:________________ 2.NATIONALITY:_________________ 3. AGE__________________________ 4. SEX:_________________________ 5. MARITAL STATUS:_______________ 6.CONTACT ADDRESS:________________ 7.TELEPHONE NUMBER:______________ 8.OCCUPATION:____________________ 9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:______________ 10.WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:________ 11.WINNING NUMBER:________________ 12TOTAL AMOUNT WON:______________ Endeavour to immediately send me your full names,winningnumbers,email/billing address,telephone and fax numbers via email.You are therefore requested to contact immediately our ClaimsDepartment below quoting winning number:LOTTERY NUMER:05-08-10-18-20-46-{43}.United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary Sir Frederick PriceCall Lines:+ 44-703-195-5011 + 44-709-465-6974 Send Secured Email:frederickkprice@yahoo.co.ukCongratulations once again.please quote your lottery number.Regards,MRS. KATE BROWN.
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