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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • +447024017736 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • tnwyldman@yahoo.com
  • tnwyldman@yahoo.com
  • winning_lotto111@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • marybelluk@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "winning_lotto111@excite.com" <winning_lotto111@excite.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 07:06:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FROM SCOTT BOBBY (LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR}


Dear Tracy D. Morton,

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your mail and to inform you that you are expected to send the following information to enable us process your winning prize.


1.winning
number.........................................................

2.TicketNumber...........................................................

3.Serial
number..................................................

4. Amount Won.....................................................

5. Full
name............................................................

6.Age..................................................................

7.Sex....................................................................

8.Nationality............................................................
9.Contact
address.......................................................

10.Telephone............................................................

11.Fax.....................................................

12.occupation...........................................................

These information will be needed in preparing all the vital documents that will cover the processing and final release of your price money to you Note: that as soon as all these informations are received, your prize will be processed accordingly.Henceforth arrangements will be made for you to contact the Paying bank depending on which batch you fall into for your payment.

Meanwhile, it should be noted that all participants were selected through a computer Ballot System drawn from 400,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America Asia,Africa and 200,000 companies as Part of our International Promotions Programm, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.

BEST REGARDS,

SCOTT BOBBY
LOTTERY COORDINATOR
TELEPHONE:+447024017736






--- On Sat 04/01, Tracy Morton < tnwyldman@yahoo.com > wrote:
From: Tracy Morton [mailto: tnwyldman@yahoo.com]
To: winning_lotto111@excite.com
Cc: marybelluk@excite.com
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:19:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Winning ticket number 27522465896-532 - serial number 652-662

I have tried to contact Mr. Scott Bobby at the<br>following numbers that were provided to me. <br>(447024017736 & 447031870957) The numbers are NOT in<br>service. Please provide a working telephone number<br>where Mr. Bobby can be reached. In addition, this is<br>my attempt to claim the prize from the above metioned<br>ticket.<br><br>Thank you,<br><br>Tracy Morton <br><br>Tracy D. Morton<br> <br>"Give me chastity and give me continence, but do not give them yet." <br>- Saint Augustine (354-430) <br><br><br>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com <br>

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