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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:
  • "million dollars" (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 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.
  • +27732169959 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • mrcharlesdlomodlomo@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UK-MILLIONS uk <uk-millions17@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrcharlesdlomodlomo@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:53:24 +0200
Subject: UK-MILLIONS LOTTO.




UK-MILLIONS LOTTO.THE LOTTO PROMOTIONHEAD OFFICEST GEORGES COURT , 2-12 BLOOMSBURY WAY , LONDON , WC1A 2SHUNITED KINGDOM
Dear Winner,My name is Mrs. Linda Marcus, on behalf of UK-Millions Lottery/LottoPromotion London, United Kingdom;
I wish to announce you as one of the 3 lucky winners in the Lotto draw heldon FRIDAY 02 NOVEMBER 2007. All 3 winning addresses were randomly selected
from a batch of 50,000 international emails. Your email address emergedalong side 2 others as a 2nd category winner. Consequently, you havetherefore been approved for a total pay out of £350, 000.00(Three Hundredand Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling's only).
The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:(I) Serial Batch No: 83200-0(II) Winning Number: 3,3,1,9,4, Bonus 12,47.(III) Ref No: 175-02906041-216.
Please contact the under mentioned claim officer as soon as possible forthe immediate release of your winnings:The Fund Release Order Foreign Operation & InternationalUK-Millions Lottery Center Johannesburg , South Africa .Contact Person:Mr. Charles DlomoTel: +27-73-216-9959EMAIL: mrcharlesdlomodlomo@yahoo.co.uk

Forward the below listed details for immediate commencement of your paymentprocess:- 1, Your Full Name2, Wining and Reference numbers.3, Telephone & Mobile number. This email notification is auto-generated and it is valid for four weeks.Once again on behalf of all our staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,

Mrs. Linda MarcusThe Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the African/European Union LottoCorporation/Microsoft Companies, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computersMackintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies in orderto promote the FIFA 2010 World Cup to be hosted in South Africa . The lottointernet draw is organized to encourage the use of the internet andcomputers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Dollars arewon annually in more than 150 countries worldwide
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