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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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Raymond Schulson" <tattersallinternationallottery_6@msn.com>
Reply-To: cordinator124@nescape.net
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 03:13:35 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Ref : TTALL/1117AUY/AUST
Draw No : 3491
Winning No : 32-12-6-37-34-27
Ticket No. 08-04-33-38-BL-AU 
            WINNING NOTICE
We happily announce to you the draws of the Tattersall
House International Lottery Programs held on the 12th
January, 2006 in which you and four (4) provisional
winners were selected as winners under Draw No. 3491.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number stated
below: Ticket No. 08-04-33-38-BL-AU drew the lucky
numbers: 32-12-6-37-34-27 which subsequently won you
the lottery. Note that all participants were selected
randomly through computer ballot draw system and from
different countries. This promotion takes place weekly.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of $666,077.30c (Six Hundred and Sixty Six Thousand and
Seventy seven Dollars and Thirty Cents) as your
winning prize. This is from a total prize pool of
$3,330,386.50.Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our Europe Payment Office in
Europe as indicated in the results. In line with this,
your $666,077.30 will be paid to you upon confirmation
and clarification by our Payment Office in Europe. Our
European Agent will immediately commence the process
to facilitate the release of your winnings as soon as
you contact him. Do please quote your Draw, Reference
and Winning numbers in any correspondence with our
designated agent.
For your winning information, contact : cordinator124@nescape.net
Please include yourparticulars (full names, address, fax/telephone
number) when contacting the agent. Congratulations
once more from all members and staff of this program
and thank you for being part of our promotional
lottery program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Raymond Schulson,
Results Coordinator.

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