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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:

• 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 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.
  • bejesbejes200@netscape.net
  • bejesbejes200@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: Free Lotto Draw <freelottodraw@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 07:26:40 +0200
Subject: Maria J. Chambers

THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
EU HEAD OFFICE
DENSTRAAT 100B
2053 DS AMSTERDAM,
HOLLAND.

log into: www.freelotto.com
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION.CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Free Lotto draw held on the 17th
October, 2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000
international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year's
Annual Free Lotto Draw.Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
1,000,000 Us Dollars (one million Dollars) only. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers:

1, TICKET 175420658766483
2, BATCH: 427901527-Dg43
3, Ref : 232/656/4509
4, lucky numbers 8-16-18-23-31-45
5, lotto code number: FL09622Holland

Please contact the under-listed claims officer as soon as possible for the immediate release of your
winnings:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Advocate Dr John Peters
Telephone number +31 -626 448 919
Fax: +31-847-545-681
Email: bejesbejes200@netscape.net
BEJESBEJESLAW FIRM
21B EGGERRST RAAT NN 102
AMSTERDAM, N.L

For processing and remittance of your cash to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all
winnings must be claim not later than October 25th, 2005, after this date, unclaimed funds will be
returned to the International Lotto, We're so sure that FreeLotto F.A.S.T. is the easiest way to win money
online that we're giving you a to prove it! Click here
http://www.freelotto.com/offer.aspoffer=44010&FID=4ba231019557
Below is your personal Identification Number and can only be used by you to claim prizes from FreeLotto
Automatic Subscription Play and prize verification. Do not disclose this number to anyone. It assures you,
that upon submitting the winning entry in accordance with the Rules of FreeLotto to Advocate

Dr John Peters
Telephone number +31 -626 448 919
Fax: +31-847-545-681
Email: bejesbejes200@netscape.net
This will enable his office to send the claims application form (A4) to you the Beneficiary.

Sincerely,
Maria J. Chambers
Promotions Manager
The Lotto Company
Holland & Europe.

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