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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +447031941678 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • contact_financeofficeruk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FREELOTTO GROUP <brenda_peterson@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <contact_financeofficeruk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:52:20 -0600
Subject: FREELOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL (DEADLINE NOTICES)



FREELOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL Prize Remittance Division (PRD) RE: OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION FILE REF NO: 07- 321786542 FAST NO: 2912144 LOTTO REF: FL/0507/FAST Date: 31/07/2007Dear Prize Winner,This is in regard to the pending claims process of your Freelotto Group Lottery winning notification of One million United Kingdom Pound Sterling, Sequel to the outcome of our Board meeting held this morning in our office complex in old trafford bridge, we have been directed by our office to inform you that you have been given a deadline date of 6th of August 2007. You are to be informed that upon the notice of the deadline date, you will be disqualified if you fail to claim the said winning sum of One Million United Kingdom Pound Sterling. We will on the said date refund your winning sum to our publishing house were it will be used for our next month online draw to avail other individuals the opportunity of being Millionaires. Note that this online draw is aimed at enriching individuals world wide thus increasing the peace in the world. we will not tolerate wrong interpretaion of our sponsors noble intention, be adviced in this regard accordingly. You are requested to state reasons why you have not claim your winning sum, and you are adviced to speedy up the claims process as this directives is from the sponsors of the Freelotto Group International.You are to reply this email for more clarification. contact_financeofficeruk@yahoo.co.uk I await your reply soonest,Best RegardRicky Jeffson and Brenda PetersonFinance/cordinators.+447031941678
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