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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.
  • +447035902477 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: tom bridger <deskoftombridge01@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:11:43 +0200
Subject: MORE DETAILS



BRITISH LOTTERY6/49 12 Whitehall , London SW1A 2DY United Kingdom. This is to acknowledge the receipt of your mail.Be informed that we are on 24hours of everyday Sundays inclusive.This free promotion is organised by BRITISH LOTTERY6/49 All participants for the BRITISH LOTTERY6/49 were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites (w.w.w.) through our Email Lottery Draw System (E.L.D.S) and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed on-line.YOU DID NOT PURCHASE ANY TICKET(s) for this winning,none didyou intentionally enter for this promotion,but as an internetuser you are automatically considered for this free promotion.Your email address was selected by our E.L.D.S.(e-Lottery®) randomly for all Internet users.This mail officially confirms that we are in receipt of instructions relating to the payment of your lottery winnings. THE UNDERLISTED SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARYOF THE STATED FUND, FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER. 1.FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY............................2.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ................................3.AGE.............................4.PHONE/FAX NUMBERS...................................5.NAME AND ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN......................6.TICKET NUMBER........................................7.AMOUNT WON...........................................8.REFERENCE NO.........................................9.OCCUPATION.........................................10.COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE.............................. DECLARATION:I..............................................HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. IN CASE OF ANY UNFORESEENCIRCUMSTANCE, MY NEXT OF KIN HAS THE RIGHT TO CLAIM MY TOTALWINNINGS.(SUPER STANDARD AGENT) SHALL ACT AS MY AGENT INFACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME.DATE............ (YOUR FULL NAMES)............................ Once again, congratulations.
Yours Faithfully,Mr. Tom BridgeTel;+44 703 590 2477
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