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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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: Ben Newman <bennewman1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:29:57 +0100 (BST)
Subject: YOUR FULL INFORMATION FOR YOUR WINNING CLAIM.


Dear winner VICTIMNAME,

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. So all about it is very real.Get us your information to enable us process your winning prize without delay.


Mega buck is a product of the Dutch Government in conjuction with the Sultan of Brunei and Internet Communications to serve as a benefit and encourage more usage of the internet as the quikest and fastest means of communication.

This is the third organisation of this lotto and at the end of it,ballots are casted upon the number of mails that has been collected from the internet.

Therefore,do furnish us with the following informations:
YOUR FULL NAME..............................................................
YOUR BATCH NUMBER......................................................
REF NUMBER....................................................................
SERIAL NUMBER...............................................................
YOUR PRIVATE PHONE.....................................................
FAX NUMBER....................................................................
ADDRESS.........................................................................
CITY..................................................................................
COUNTRY..........................................................................
OCCUPATION....................................................................

Upon the reciept of the above mentioned,we shall send to you the legalisation forms to be completed by you and forward your name to our affiliated bank for your payment.

We shall appreciate your maximum co-operations to ensure you recieve your prize money before the closure of payment.

CONGRATULATIONS.

BEN NEWMAN.


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