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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 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.
  • +44
• 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.
  • bnlottry@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: british lottery inc <bloi5s@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:57:04 -0400
Subject: You are a winner.



British National Lottery, 28 Tan Field Road,Croydon,London.Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Dear Winner,
This email is being sent from The British National Lottery HQ. You've been selected a winner in our online draw. You've been approved to claim a total sum of 2,764,866 Pounds (Two Million, Seven Hundred and Sixty Four Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty Six Pounds Sterling) from our Online lottery draw promo sponsored by the British Gaming Board, Microsoft International and the United Nations. This is from a total cash prize of 6,534,370 Pounds shared amongst the first Three (3) lucky winners.
Please send your full name, address, telephone number, present occupation, age and sex to our lottery coordinator in the person of DR Tanner George at bnlottry@hotmail.com to enable us advise further on how to claim your prize. Congratulations.
Yours Truly,
Ray Bates.
FOR:
British National Lottery, 28 Tan Field Road,Croydon,London.
Tel: + 44 704.576.1089
Fax: +44.871.243.6662.
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