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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:
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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 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.
  • gray_hunt7@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Rose Adams <rose_adams.41@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <gray_hunt7@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:09:22 +0100
Subject: READ THIS: MANCHESTER UNITED AWARD NOTIFICATION



MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT MANCHESTER UNITED AVENUE OLD TRAFORD
MANCHESTER CITY. SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM .

MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB 100TH ANNIVERSARY.
This is to inform you of the release of email balloting held on the 10th of August, 2007. By MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB on it's 100th anniversary. For the first time ever MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB have decided to celebrate it's 100th anniversary by awarding gp500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS) each to 7 lucky winners who were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 30,000.00 companies and 5,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
However, the results were released on 18th of August, 2007. And your email was among the 7 Lucky winners who won GP 500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS) each on the 100th anniversary of the MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB, and your email was attached to ticket number RR38844240 and ballot number 00147.

In other to claim your GP500,000.00(FIVE HUNDRED BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS) prize winning, You will have to fill the form below and send it back to the Promotion manager of this football club for verification and endorsement .

NAME:.....................................................................?AGE:.......................................................................?SEX:.......................................................................?
MARITAL STATUS:.................................................?ADDRESS:..............................................................?EMAIL:...................................................................?PHONE:..................................................................?OCCUPATION:........................................................?COMPANY:.............................................................?COUNTRY:..............................................................?RELIGION:..............................................................?
Please you are advised to complete the form and send it immediately to our Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund from the designated Bank. Contact our Promotion manager in UK because these Ballot draw was conducted in UK.The computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft was conducted in UK that is why you will contact the promotion manager with his details to enable him inform you the next step to get your winning!!!
CONTACT NAME:- Mr. Gray Hurt (PROMOTIONAL MANAGER)CITY/ COUNTRY: ENGLAND (LIVER POOL).
Name: MR. GRAY HUNT
Phone # : +234_806_8812_349.
E MAIL: gray_hunt7@yahoo.com
Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.

This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Information thatis privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempted from disclosure.
If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program.

Yours in service,

Rose Adams .Esq. [P.R.O]
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