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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",000,000" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: "FOOTBALL CLUB MANCHESTER UNITED" <lotteryassociation2008@e-mail.ua>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:34:28 -0700
Subject: LUCKY WINNERS 2007-2008 FOOTBALL SEASON


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MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB


THE MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB ASSOCIATION IS PROUD TO INFORM YOU
THAT YOU HAVE
JUST WON FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS[£5,000,000.OO]. THIS LOTTERY
IS SPONSORED BY MANCHESTER FOOTBALL CLUB ASSOCIATION, AS A CELEBRATION OF
WINNING THE 2008 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE AND THE UEFA CHAMPIONSHIP WITH
FIFTY-SIX,56 COOPERATE BODIES.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT YOU GAVE TO OUR CLUB ALL THROUGH THIS SEASON
AND WE WILL APPRECIATE ANY POSITIVE SUGGESTION FROM OUR 2008 LOTTERY WINNERS
VIA THIS EMAIL ADDRESS.
THE AIMS OF THIS LOTTERY IS TO SURPRISE OUR WINNERS. HOWEVER NO PREVIOUS
NOTIFICATION IS GIVEN BEFORE YOUR
EMAIL ADDRESS WAS PICKED FOR THIS LOTTERY.GENERALLY
EMAIL ADDRESS ARE PICKED, THE DRAWS
ARE PROCESSED BY THE COMPUTER THROUGH A SPECIAL
PROGRAM THAT IS SPECIAL DESIGNED FOR THIS LOTTERY, THE
PROGRAM IS KNOWN AS RANDOM ACCESS PROGRAM (RAP)

THIS SOFTWARE PICKS EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM THE INTERNET
AND THROUGH A RANDOM PROCESS, PICKS THE WINNERS
THROUGH THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS WITH THE FLLOWING INFORMATIONS
LUCK NUMBERS:66784801KY.
BATCH NUMBER: EUR45577975383AF
GROUP NUMBER:885E
LOTTERY NUMBER:084G
.

CLAIMING OF PRIZE

FILL THE FORM BELOW AND SEND TO US VIA THIS EMAIL ADDRESS(
lotteryassociation2008@e-mail.ua<http://us.mc551.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lotteryassociation2008@e-mail.ua>)
SO THAT YOUR WON PRAISE WILL BE SENT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY

1LOTTERY NUMBER:..................... ...


2BATCH NUMBER:......................... ...


3GROUP NUMBER:.......................... ..

4.YOUR NAME........................ ....

5.YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN...............

6.YOUR OCCUPATION..........................

7.PHONE/FAX..................... .......

8.AGE/SEX.......................... ....

9.MARITAL STATUS.............. .........

10.INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVER'S LICENSE...............................

ALL PRIZES MUST BE CLAIMED TWO WEEKS FROM THE DATE YOU RECEIVED THE
NOTIFICATION MAIL,
AFTER WHICH CLAIMING OF PRIZES WILL STOP.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep
this information confidential from the public until
your claim is processed and your prize released to
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be warned.
Sincerely,
Rev. JOHN SMITH
Promotions Manager
LOTTERY ASSOCIATION 2008
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