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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.
  • +447939253996

Fraud email example:

From: "luckyday Lottery" <luckyday6@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:04:40 +0000
Subject: Re:Congratulations!!!!!!

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
LUCKYDAY E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.


BACTH NO: PTP/31211214257/190888/2202
REF. NO. PTP/21449267220/255100//2202



This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT
INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 12th of December, 2005.
Due to the mix up of number, the results were released on the 16th of
December,2005.
Your name attached to ticket number 219028657434 with serial number
18735625drew the lucky numbers of 21-70-81-82-99 which consequently won the
lottery in the 1st category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of 2,000,000:00 Only
( TWO MILLION EUROS ONLY) in cash which is deposited with a Finance House in
your favour as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep yourwinning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money
remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual
email addresses and names from all over the world.

To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that have been
appointed for the processing of your claim with your contact telephone and
fax number to begin the processing of your claim:

LUCKYDAY PAYMENT OFFICE MANCHESTER ENGLAND
CONTACT NAME: ANDREW GORDON
CITY/ COUNTRY: UNITED KINGDOM
TEL: +4479 3925 3996
FAX: +4487 0133 4585
Email: luckyday_002@walla.com


Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 10th of Jenuary 2006.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in
allcorrespondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as
soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Rose Ann Dou

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