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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.
• 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.
  • patrwoods@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sir Frank Weber <sirfweber@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 14:53:28 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FREELOTTO VERIFICATION FORM FILL AND RETURN IMMEDIATELY



FREELOTTO AFFILIATED OFFICE U.K,
82 VICTORIA STREET
VICTORIA LONDON SW1 U.K




Dear Winner,

Welcome to the Freelotto claims and verification department. I am Mrs. Queensley Wirth. Freelotto Claim Security Agent here in the United Kingdom. The email you received is a winning notification of the recent lottery draws that was held in U.K.

On release of the results your email address was selected as a winner of our superbucks stakes. You are therefore required to forward to me immediatly the underlisted information on your claim verification form so as to enable me release your winning certificate to you, which will serve as clearance from this office to the delivery/security company that will release your winnings to you.

However I will also require you to attach to this form a copy of your passport photograph (300x300 pixels) this will also serve as a document for recongnition and it will also be included in our next winners album. You can view our past winners album by visiting our website on:

www.freelotto.com/ThisWeeksWinners.asp

Finally i will once again on behalf of Freelotto Uk congratulate you and wish you all the best for emerging winner in this recent lottery promotion.

WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA

First Name:
Middle Name:
Last Name:
Gender:
Month Of Birth:
Year:
Marital Status:
Ticket Number:
Batch Number:
Serial Number:
Occupation
Full Address :
City :
State/Province:
Zip Code:
SCANNED COPY OF PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH REQUIRED. (Mandatory)

Collection and Data Utilization Agreement
Privacy Agreement
IMPORTANT: The policies below are applicable to FreeLotto?and other sites on the World Wide Web portion of the Internet owned and operated by PlasmaNet, Inc. PlasmaNet, Inc. collects personally identifying information during contests or sweepstakes registration and this information is used from time to time as you use our website to: pay prize winnings, confirm entries, and selectively show you ads or send you promotions. Players' e-mail addresses and other personal information are kept in secure databases to protect our players' privacy. No information should be submitted to or posted at any PlasmaNet websites by guests under 18 years of age. People under 18 years of age are not allowed to participate in FreeLotto?or other sweepstakes offered by PlasmaNet. If such a person wins, his or her entry is void. All registrants receive e-mail confirming their registration and subsequent entries in FreeLotto?and daily FreeLotto?results with information of interest from
FreeLotto? Additionally, from time to time you may receive other sponsored advertising messages from FreeLotto?

FIDUCIARY CLEARING & VERIFICATION CENTRE
Mr. Patrick Woods
Email: patrwoods@googlemail.com
Freelotto international promotions, property the PlasmaNetInc.
Copyright 2007. All Rights reserved.

















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