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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.
  • dr_elizabeth_dennison@yahoo.co.uk
  • dr_elid@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "save amina" <save_aminaincorp@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dr_elid@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:20:47 +0000
Subject: GOODNEWS WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

ATTN:

We are glad to inform you that you emerged as one of the lucky winners
in the "Save Amina" lottery . Your email address entry was picked by
our internet web site collators in recognition of your patronage to the
Internet services.

In the final draw, your email address was attached to ticket
number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11, which drew the
lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently won the lottery in
the 3rd category. Thus, you have won yourself the prize money of
1,000,000 pounds !!!

"The Save Amina " lottery was initiated in Berkshire England,
on 28th of september 2002, to help raise funds to fight against women
right discrimination in third world countries.

Amina Lawal was sentenced to death by stoning for bearing a child out
of wedlock,by an Islamic Sharia court in Zamfara.

The proceeds from this lottery will be used to help combat this
prevailing scourge in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia ; a scourge
that ridicules the essence of womanhood.

This Foundation in collaboration with Amnesty International and
other non-governmental organisations are liaising ceaselessly with
black-listed groups and subregions, notorious for women rights
violation.

Congratulations once again.and hope you will partake in the "SAVE AMINA
LOTTERY" when this promotional phase is over.

Contact your Claims coordinator, Dr.(Mrs) Elizabeth Dennison on email:
dr_elizabeth_dennison@yahoo.co.uk OR dr_elid@yahoo.com to claim your prize.

Yours Sincerely,

Fatima Johnson,

Co-ordinator, Human Resources.

AWRV Foundation,

Berkshire,

England.

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