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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 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 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.
  • 0032493471290

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:49:58 -0400
Subject: PRIVATE EMAILING CENTRE; Ref: 33BE/957/-01083LP


LOTTERY PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION



Dear Lucky Winner,



We are pleased to notify you the draw (#077) of Belgische Lotto International Program held on 13th October 2008. Participants were selected through a Microsoft rider randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000 participants. You are to contact our agents by email/fax or call within 7 days of receiving this notice. Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is very important.



Ref: 33BE/957/-01083LP
Batch: BE/017/74PT
Zonal Draw No: BL-P2-004-875
Grand Draw No: 033



BELGISCHE LOTTO & CLEARING AGENCY.
Contact Person: Mr. Eric Van Baldwin
Email: belgische-lott@live.be<http://uk.mc283.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=belgische-lott@live.be>
Phone: 0032-49-34-71290
Fax: 0032-70-41-8116



At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,
Mrs. Joanne Miller
Co-ordinator, Legal Persons Register Brussels

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