419 scam: "FREELOTTO®"<admin@freelotto.com> Hey LUCKY EMAIL WINNER,

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
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)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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: "FREELOTTO®" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <freelottoincorporation@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:17:48 -0400
Subject: Hey LUCKY EMAIL WINNER,

WELCOME TO FREELOTTO®, WHERE MILLIONAIRES ARE MADE!
Website: www.freelotto.com

Hey LUCKY EMAIL WINNER,

CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!

WE THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT OF LOTTO STYLE SWEEPSTAKES & COMPANY (www.freelotto.com), ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU OF THE RELEASE OF THE RECENT RESULTS OF THE FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM HELD ON THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY 2013, SPONSORED BY FREE ONLINE LOTTERY & COMPANY.

YOU WERE ENTERED AS DEPENDENT CLIENTS WITH: REFERENCE SERIAL NUMBER: F2-003-036 AND BATCH NUMBER FR/45-300-07. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ATTACHED TO THE TICKET NUMBER:54-20-17-52-34-30 THAT DRAW THE LUCKY WINNING NUMBER, WHICH CONSEQUENTLY WON THE DAILY NEW YEAR JACKPOT IN THE FIRST CATEGORY, IN FOUR PARTS. YOU HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR A PAYMENT OF US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REFERENCE NUMBER: TFR/9900034943/JPT.

YOUR E-MAIL-ADDRESS WAS DECLARED AS THE LUCKY WINNING EMAIL-ADDRESS AMONGST THE COPIED EMAIL LIST AS SHOWN ON OUR PARTICIPANT PAGE. NOTE THAT ALL PARTICIPANTS FOR THE ON LINE VERSION WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM WORLD WIDE WEB SITES THROUGH COMPUTER DRAW SYSTEM AND EXTRACTED FROM OVER 100,000 UNIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND CO-OPERATE BODIES THAT ARE LISTED ON LINE.

THIS EMAIL PROMOTION TAKES PLACE EVERY THREE (3) MONTHS. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR LUCKY WINNING NUMBER FALLS WITHIN OUR UNITED STATES BOOKLET REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN MIAMI FLORIDA AS INDICATED IN YOUR PLAY COUPON.

ONCE AGAIN, WE HALLO CONGRATULATION FOR BEEN THE SUCCESSFUL EMAIL WINNER OF OUR RECENT PROMO.

YOURS SINCERELY,

MRS. KATHLEEN MCKINNON.
ONLINE COORDINATOR.
FREELOTTO®
For More Information contact us on:
Phone: +1 732-701-7864.
Website: www.freelotto.com

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