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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 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.
  • +447040118211 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Freelotto=20Company?=" <mwhyte@girlconnex.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:49:22 +0000
Subject: Winning Notification

Internet lottery/ The Free Lotto Company
Jackpot winner

Under the International Lottery and Swiss Lotto

UK HEAD OFFICE
Unit 7, Parkway Trading Est.,
Cranford La, Hounslow,
TW5 9QA

IRELAND BRANCH
Dublin 3
Dublin – Ireland
REF NUMBER: FL2/05/207152/UK/IE
BATCH NUMBER: 962901-PCF03
Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
Lottery Winners International programs held on the 30th
of June 2006 all games promotion. Your e-mail address
attached to your lotto payment order

(i) Serial number: 45637-77UK/IE
(ii) Ticket number: GS56754/22/76UK/IE
(iii) Lotto code number: FL09622UK/IE
(iv) The file ref number: FL2/05/207152/UK/IE

The payment order (i)-(iv), which consequently won in
the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for
a lump sum pay out of 2,500,000 (EUROS) (TWO MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you
keep your winning information confidential until your
claims have been processed and your money remitted to
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and 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.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by eminent
personalities like The Free Lotto Awards, Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers,
Mackintosh and a conglomeration of other international
IT companies. The free lotto Internet draw is held
once in a year and is so organized to encourage the
use of the Internet and computers worldwide. We are
proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won
annually in more than 150 countries worldwide. We look
forward to your active participation in our next year
USD50 million slot.

To process your claim, please fill the form below and
contact our Fiduciary/Payment agent using the information
below:
*********************************************************************
Imperial Group
Clearance officer: Mr. James Ransome
Email: jamesransome@zonai.com or jamesransome@uk2.net
Tel:+44-704-011-8211
fax:+44-707-500-9658
*********************************************************************

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

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part
of our promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE
BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.
____________________________________________________________________
FORM
Internet lottery/ The Free Lotto Company
UK HEAD OFFICE
Unit 7, Parkway Trading Est.,
Cranford La, Hounslow,
TW5 9QA
IRELAND BRANCH
Dublin 3
Dublin - Ireland
www.freelotto.com
LOTTERY PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM
(To be completed by lottery winners only)

Ticket Number: …………………………………………………………………

Reference Number: …………………………………………………………………

Batch Number: ……………………………………………………………………

First Name: ……………………………………………………………………………

Last Name: ……………………………………………………………………………

Home Address: ……………………………………………………………………

Town/City: …………………………………………………………………

Post Code: …………………………………………………………………

Country: …………………………………………………………………

Telephone (Home): …………………………………………………………………

Mobile: …………………………………………………………………

Fax (Private): …………………………………………………………………

Fax (Office): …………………………………………………………………

Email Address: ………………………………………………………………

Date of Birth: ………………………………………………………………………

Occupation: …………………………………………………………………………

Marital Status: ………………………………………………………………………

I.............................………hereby declare that
the above information are true and binding on me. If
at any time it is discovered that I have given false
information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Marion Whyte.

(Lottery Coordinator)
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Please, be aware that your Paying Authority will
effect payment swiftly upon satisfactory report,
verifications and validation of the information provided by you.

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