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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 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.
  • +448701376954 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "raju rathod" <rathodrp@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:47:27 +0530
Subject:

Dear Sir,

I received following email. I have checked few details online through search engine and find the this euro american is some kind of scam. I believe in hardwork and there nothing call free lunch in this world.

kindly take necessory action.

Thanks

R.P. Rathod

--- euro america <euroamerica04@msn.com> wrote:

> URO AMERICAN LOTTERY PROMO
> 3B OLYMPIC WAY, SEFTON BUSINESS PARK,
> AINTREE, LIVERPOOL, L30 1RD
>
> FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
> INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
> REF: EALP/66-CAW662005
>
> Dear Winner,
> We are pleased to announce you as one of the 6 lucky
> winners in the EURO
> AMERICAN LOTTERY draw held on 1st of December 2005.
> All 6 winning addresses
> were randomly selected from a batch of 40,000
> international emails. Your
> email address emerged alongside 5 others as a 3rd
> category winner in this
> month's draw.
>
> Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a
> total pay out of
> £1,500,000 Pounds( one million five hundred thousand
>  pounds) only. The
> following particulars are attached to your lottery
> payment order:
>
> (i)   Winning numbers:         30, 14, 29, 21, 48,
> 11
> (ii)  Email ticket number:     163-0-3251
> (iii) Lotto batch number:      328-3GD
> (iv)  File Ref. number:        EALP/66-CAW662005
>
> Please contact the underlisted claims officer as
> soon as possible for the
> immediate release of your winnings:
>
> Mr. kelvin smith
> FOREIGN DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR,
> EURO AMERICAN LOTTERY PROMO.
> Tel/fax. +44-870-137-6954

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