419 scam: "FREE LOTTO" <free.lottouk@cash4u.com> VERY IMPORTANT FROM FREE LOTTO

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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)
- "00,000.00" (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!
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.
- +447012909802 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "FREE LOTTO" <free.lottouk@cash4u.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:52:36 +0700
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT FROM FREE LOTTO

Dear x,

You or someone entered your information on our web Ad for the 2013 Free Lotto Cash Splash and we are using this medium to officially notify you that the result of the lotto was recently released as shown below:

S/N Winners List Amount Won Ticket Number Status

1 mohamedd.hazeemc@shell.com 3,000,000.00 GBP Confidential Unclaimed

2 x 1,000,000.00 GBP FR81124TF Unclaimed

3 bows.scmit@bluewin.ch 500,000.00 GBP Confidential Unclaimed

We are happy to inform you that you are our second prize winner and you won 1,000,000.00 GBP ( One Million Great British Pounds) at this lotto. Your ticket number is FR81124TF. Please take note of your ticket number as it will be needed for verification.

To receive your prize money as soon as possible, simply provide the following information for verification:

1. Your Full names 2. Residential/Office address 3. Phone number 4. Fax number 5.Email address 6. Occupation 7. Ticket number

Your prize money will be released to you as soon as you send above information to our office for verification.

However, if you wish to decline the receipt of your prize money, you are to notify us on time so that the opportunity will be given to another participant.

You can call +447012909802 if you wish to speak to someone from our office.

Congratulations!!!

Brian Calton
Chief Financial Officer
Free Lotto Corporation - UK

Tel: +447012909802
Web: http://www.freelotto.com

Copyright © 2013 Free Lotto Corporation. All rights reserved

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