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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 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.
  • frontlinesecom@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY COMMISSION <onlineinfo@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: frontlinesecom@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 14:01:08 +0200
Subject: RESPOND URGENTLY


ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY COMMISSION.
CALLE FERNANDO 12,
28860 MADRID , SPAIN
Ref: SOL/9420X2/68.
Batch: 074/05/ZY369.
(Customer Services)

DEAR WINNER,
OFFICIAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION.
We happily announce to you the release today of the SWEEPSTAKES
ONLINE LOTTERY PROGRAMME held on Saturday 18th of April, 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:56475600545188 with Serial number:5368/02 drew the Winning Numbers:4-7-18-19-35-40 with(bonus no.25) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes as listed below:

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 2 USD 1,350,000:00 each
2nd. 7 USD 850,000:00 each
3rd. 14 USD 470,000:00 each

Since your e-mail won in the 2nd category,you have therefore been approved for the payment of the sum of USD 850,000:00
(Eight hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file No.SOL/9420X2/68.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Websites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, corporate bodies and individuals that are listed online. This promotion takes place annually.
Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of this, your USD850,000:00(Eight hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars)will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, Please contact your Claims Officer for VALIDATION of your winning within fifteen days of this winning notification. Winnings that are not validated within fifteen days of winning notification are termed void and invalid.
Note: Five percent of your winning belongs to the Frontline Security Co. payable after the receipt of your fund.

CONTACT:
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Claims Agency: Frontline Security Company S.A, Madrid Spain.
Contac Person :Mr. James Paco
E-mail: frontlinesecom@netscape.net
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Congratulations from our board and entire staff.
Yours faithfully,
Teresa Lopez(Mrs.)
Vice President.

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