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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• 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.
  • +447024078607 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Angelina Ashton <consol.ate@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:47:34 +0000
Subject: Congratulations! Your E-mail Address Won In Our Sweepstakes.




Dear Winner,We happily announce to you the Draw (#679) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY held on the 21st July, 2007.Your E-mail Address attached to Ticket No.:03,10,21,25,29,49 Bonus No.20, Agent ID Number:110 won you a total sum of £1,750,000.00 POUNDS STERLING.Contact Mr. Anthony FlowersClaims and Release Order Department,Email:claimsgnt@yahoo.co.ukLONDON, UNITED KINGDOMTel: +447024078607For claims validation. Yours Truly,Angelina Ashton.------------------The Lucky Dip facility uses special software to generate numbers at random and the programs are tested to make sure they are. As each line is generated independently, thus on some occasions one, two, or even more numbers may be repeated on the same ticket.
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