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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: ELECTRO-SWEEPS <electro@fiberia.com>
Reply-To: alandorel@mmail.com
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:12:51 +0100
Subject: CLAIM NOW!


ELECTRO-SWEEPS
LEIDSEPLEIN 23,1000CS,
AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS.

ATTENTION.
Sir/ Ma/ Miss,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of Electro-Sweeps International lottery program held on the 25th of March, 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 449001 which consequently won in the 3rd category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum of US$500,000.00(Five hundred thousand United States Dollars) credited to file Ref. Number: ESI/9400.

We strongly advise you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every year in different developed and underdeveloped countries as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, for prominent MS WORD user all over the world and for the Continous use of E-mail.

To file for your claim please contact our financial agent, Aspis Finance, Amsterdam,Netherlands.

Contact Name: Mr. Alan Dorel.
Tel/Fax: +31-205241491
Email:alandorel@mmail.com

To avoid further delays do contact Mr. Alan Dorel with the following details:

1.Ticket number.
2.Telephone and fax numbers
3.Full names.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number numbers in all correspondence.Furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs.Meki Voss.
Lottery Co-ordinator.

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