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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!
• 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.
  • gszlotto06@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: =?big5?q?Swiss=20Zurich?= <szlotto06@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 20:32:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Congratulations!!! (You have won)


§Ú¦³·sªº¹q¶l¦a§}¡I§A²{¥i¹q¶lµ¹§Ú¡Gszlotto06@yahoo.com.hk

De Lotto Switzerland 41132,

NL-1007 Swiss-Zurich.

www.lotto24.ch/euro_millions.htm



From: Ms. Sharon Maxwell. (Lottery Coordinator)



Sir/Madam,



WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!



We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded 2006

Swiss-Zurich Lottery (International Program) Your e-mail address attached

to ticket N0: 34090322816 with prize N0: 43568000/12 drew €1,000,000.00

in the 2nd Category of the lottery draws.



You have been approved to receive the sum of €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros).



Because of claims mix-up and the limited time claims pay-outs,we will

advice that you keep your winning information confidential until your prize

has been remitted to you by our accredited paying bank.



You must adhere to this instructions strictly to avoid loss of your cash

prize ?this program has been abused severally, so we are doing all we can

to forestall further abuse by way of wrong claims. It's important to note that

this draws were conducted formally under the watchful eyes of over 45,000

audiences. Winners were selected through an internet ballot system from

160,000 personal and corporate e-mail addresses.



The program is sponsored/supported by MCI Networks in London in conjunction

with Swiss-Zurich Lottery International.



Congratulation once again. We hope you will use part of your cash prize

to participate in our next mega draws of €85million. Remember, all winning

must be claimed not later than 15-days after you receive this notification.

Failure to claim your cash prize after this date will result in prize forfeiture.



Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember

to quote your personal and winning numbers in correspondence with our

paying bank.



Paying Bank Contact Information:


Williams Cobbs (Senior Account Officer)

(Foreign Services Department)

SECURE TRUST BANK PLC.

Royal Buildings 2 Mosley St Manchester M2 3AN

Email: securetrustbank_plc@uk2.net



Congratulations once again.

Yours in service,

Ms. Sharon Maxwell.

Lottery Coordinator.



- Swiss Zurich

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