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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: BRITISH LOTTO <blotto@zwallet.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 05:02:55 +0100
Subject: You have won!



From: THE PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF:BL/1632/06
BATCH:01-0240/2054

17-01-2006.

CONGRATULATIONS.

We wish to congratulate you on your success in our British Lotto online ballot held on 7th December, 2005. All participants in this draw were selected through a computer system among over 60,000 companies and individual e-mail addresses from all over the world.It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users.

Therefore you do not need to buy any ticket to enter for it. Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number; BL/33727 with serial number;016 but winning numbers withheld untill we are clear you are the right person. You won in the 1st category, therefore have been approved for the prize of €341,758.00 (Three hundred and fourty one thousand, seven hundred and fifty eight pounds sterling only).

You are advised to keep your winning informations confidential untill your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security policy to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of the program as it has happened in the past. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our 1st quarter 2006 Ten million pounds sterling jackport. To file for your claim, please contact our Spain payment beareu, with the following informations:

YOUR FULL NAMES......
ADDRESS..............
REF/BATCH NUMBERS....
TEL/FAX Nº...........

Sr. ESTEBAN GARCIA (beareu officer)
e-mail: estebangarcia@walla.com
tel: 0034 68 6318950

NOTE: All prizes must be claimed not later than 30th January 2006. After this date all unclaimed winnings will be included in the subsequent draws. And to avoid delays and complications always state your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence with the beareu officer.
Congratulations once again from all members of our staffs and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

IMPORTANT: CONTACT DIRECTLY TO YOUR BEAREU OFFICER.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. WILLIAMS ATKINS,
(International Online Coordinator)
British Lotto.
www.britishlotto.com

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