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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +447045719015 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • canadianlotolore@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • lottolore08@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: canadianlotolore@indiatimes.com
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:53:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Congratulations!!! You have won Canadian Lottery


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: lorecanadianlotto@ymail.com



- CANADIAN LOTTERY (Lotto lore) 26TH November 2008. YOU ARE A WINNER, LATEST LOTTO 6/49 Draws We happily announce to you the result of the National Lotto 6/49 lottery draws held on Wed, November 19, 2008 - Lotto 6/49 , 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 Early Bird reference is 4 8 30 37. Your verification link through our web site will be sent to you to reconfirm your results with us in our next email to you. Your e-mail address is attached to ticket number: B9564 7560 4545 100 with serial number 046560 drew the winning numbers are 24 28 34 38 44 45 Bonus 35. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 in cash credited to file EAAL/9080118308/04. Be informed that you have 48 bank working hours to receive the winning fund after due process of your files. Since your lu!
cky winning numbers fall within category B, simply means you will receive your winning sum from any of our authorized Central Banks and details on how to contact the paying bank will be sent to you once your documents are processed. As a winner with Canadian lottery, you are requested to submit to us your data to enable us complete the processing of your files prior to transfer off your winning fund. Send us your FULL NAMES, PHONE NUMBERS, SCANNED COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENSE AND ADDRESS. IMPORTANT; You are directed to submit your particulars ONLY through our presiding officer in charge of all Non Canadian resident. So you have to send the data through Mr. Perry Thorn collection email: canadianlotolore@indiatimes.com & copy to lottolore08@gmail.com +447045719015 Fax; +447005802994 Once we receive your response to this letter, we will guide you through our web site on how to receive your winning fund. The online information of the nominated bank for paying out !
the winning fund will be sent to you as soon as we conclude arrangemen
t for transfer of price. Once more CONGRATULATIONS. Yours Sincerely, Mrs. Luther Gerald Duck Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914

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