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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.

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 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: "SMCYBERDRAWS@terra.es" <SMCYBERDRAWS@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 10:15:30 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: sw/09622UK


STRIKER- MILLION PROMOTION

Monmouth House 40 Artillery Lane,London,E1 7LS



Dear Winner,



RE: PRIZE NOTIFICATION.



We are pleased to inform you of the result of the online cyber lotto
Draws of the striker million lotto held on the 15th octorber 2005.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000 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 ten winners in the category "A" with the following particulars:



(i) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-54-67-11
(ii) Email code number: sw/754/22/76
(iii) Lotto ref number: sw/09622UK



Hence you are eligible for the prize of One Million Pound Sterling.
Please contact the under listed Fiduciary Coordinator as soon as
possible for processing of your claim:



Mr Martin Freeman

Payment Coordinator.








Email: agentmartinfreeman.pdv2005









When making your claims quote your email code number in the subject of
your email.You are required keep this award to yourself, especially your
Particulars, until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,


CONGRATULATIONS!!!



Sincerely,

Anthony Vincent
Promotion Manager
STRIKER MILLION







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