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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • " lotto international " (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • leeken33@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: wazi fa <wazi2008@live.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:35:34 +0100
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON FOR YOU.



FROM: INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER.************************************************DEAR WINNERS,RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just oncluded final draws of Net Lotto International Lottery programs The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 90,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following:Ref Number: ND 246 IBV 801Batch Number: 37261545-LNI/2006Ticket Number: ND 004 8711You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of $3000,00 (THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) each from the total payout Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims Remittance Department for category "A" winners with the information below: for release of your fund by cash or bank draft or through atm master card. DR.KEN LEE AGENT INCHARGE FOR RELEASE OF YOUR MENTION FUND THROUGH THE OPTIONS GIVE TO YOU.EMAIL: leeken33@yahoo.co.uk NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 20 days. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers above. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained)Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.Thank you and congratulations!!!Yours faithfully,Mrs. Helen noiabaGames/Lottery Coordinator.International Sweepstakes Agency.UK.
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