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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.
  • lotteryclaimdepartment@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: fouroares@mchsi.com (The United Kingdom - Frontline Group)
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:59:35 +0000
Subject: BRITISH LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS !!!

Programs and Events Department
The United Kingdom - Frontline Group
The National Lottery,
P.O. Box 251,
WatfordWD1 8GD

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are officially informing you of the result of the Frontline Lottery
Winners International programs held on the 20th of September, 2007. as
part of our promotional programs for the year 2007. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 77007742781005-18721 with reference number
EGS/2251256003/02 drew winning numbers 7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to
batch number 121FTG, which consequently won in the 3rd category via our
electronic ticket as stated above. You have therefore been approved for
a pay out of 900,000 GBP (NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY).
CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

We also advise that you keep your winning information very confidential
as our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals.The selection
process was carried out through random selection in our computerized
email selection system (ESS) from a database of over 500,000 email
addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

Forward response of acknowledgement ot the above contracted agency.This
promotional lottery is promoted and sponsored by software corporations
and other private organizations and we intend to use this medium to
help individuals generate fortunes which would encourage them to expand
their business frontiers thereby creating more opportunities and
assisting with humanitarian concerns within their immediate
environment.

Remember, all winning must claimed not later than two weeks,After this
date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number,batch numbers and other
information as required by fill the details below.

1.Full Name:............................
2.Address:..........................
3.Marital Status:.....................
4.Occupation:........................
5.Age:............
6.Sex:.............
7.Nationality:........................
8.Country Of Residence:.........................
9.Telephone Number:..............................
10.Fax Number:....................................
11.Batch Number :.........................
12.Reference Number:.....................
13.Alternative email address if any.................

NOTE: SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO
Customer Service Unit
CONTRACTED AGENCY: PHILLIP WOOD AND ASSOCIATES LTD, UK
Mr. Phillip Wood
Tel: + (44) 704 570 2135
Email:lotteryclaimdepartment@yahoo.co.uk



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