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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: Laprimitiva <laprimitiva2000@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:05:29 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: AWARD RECONFIRMATION NOTICE


FROM: THE DESK OF THE OPERATION MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

SUB/ AWARD RECONFIRMATION NOTICE .

THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE, CONGRATULAIONS ONCE AGAIN !!!!!

I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU DID NOT PLAY ANY
LOTTERY YOURSELF, IT IS A COMPUTER BALLOTING AWARD PROGRAMME WHICH COMES UP ONCE A YEAR, YOUR E-MAIL FINALLY CAME UP AS THE WINNER OF THIS YEAR LOTTERY.

PLEASE RECONFIRM THE FOLLOWING:

1. REFERENCE NUMBER.
2. TICKET NUMBER.
3. LUCKY NUMBER.
4. BATCH NUMBER.
5. CATEGORY OF WINNING.
6. YOUR TEL. AND FAX NUMBERS.
7. ACCOUNT NUMBER TO WHICH THE MONEY WILL BE
TRANFERED TO...........................SWIFT CODE...................
8. OCCUPATION
9.FULL NAME/ MR.......MRS.........MISS
10.CITY/COUNTRY
11.POSITION
12.DATE OF BIRTH.
13.PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS.

ON THE CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE FORM I WILL GIVE YOU THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION TO ENABLE THE PAYING BANK HERE GET A HICH FREE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND, THERE AFTER THEY MORNITORING UNIT WILL INFORM YOU ON HOW AND WHEN YOUR FUND WILL BE TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. BE WELL INFORMED THAT WE SHALL THEN SEND YOU CERTIFICATE OF WINNING AFTER GETTING THIS CONFIRMATION FROM YOU AND APPROVAL OF PAYMENT FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF THIS VERY AWARD.

REGARDS,
MR. JOSE GREY DALLAS





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