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

Fraud email example:

From: "Canadian Lotto" <winning_canadalore15@bigmir.net>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 09:33:02 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK ON YOUR WINNING.(Serial Number 046560)


Canadian Lottery (Lotto lore)
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire NG4 1SQ Essex United Kingdom

Winning notification

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the result of the National
Lotto 6/49 lottery draws held on Wed, April 30, 2008
in Essex United Kingdom and Ontario,Canada. All
participants were selected randomly from World Wide
Web site through computer draws system and extracted
from over 10,000,00 companies and personal e-mail
addresses. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: B9564 7560 4545 100 with serial number 046560
drew the winning numbers 3 6 19 23 39 43 Bonus 14

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of US $820,000 in cash credited to file EAAL/9080118308/04.
Please note that your lucky winning numbers fall within
our London booklet representative office in United Kingdom
as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this,
your US $820,000 would be released to you by an accredited
commercial Bank in London.

Our UK agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact
their office. To file for your claim, please contact our
corresponding agent in London immediately you read this
message for quick and urgent release of your fund,
contact information is as follow: -

Name :Mr Moris Carter.
Email :agent_moriscarter@yahoo.com

So as regards to the claims of your prize, you are
required to provide for us immediately the following details below,

1) Your name..................
2) Your address..................
3) Telephone number..............
4) Fax number...................
5) Age.....................
6) Gender..............
7) Occupation..............
8) Nationality...............
9)Date of birth..............................

Congratulations once more from all members and staff
of this program to all that have successfully won this
competition and thank you for being part of our promotional
lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Candy Snell.

Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914.

Anti-fraud resources:

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