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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.
  • operationmanager02@inmail24.com

Fraud email example:

From: "vlynmoore@terra.es" <vlynmoore@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 00:41:26 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Winning code: Q71-YZT-64201P


CAMELOT ONLINE LOTTERY PROMO;
Watford, Head Office and Regional Centre Camelot Group
plc,
Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts,
WD18 9RN,
United Kingdom
Registered No. 2822203

CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of Camelot
online promo cyber lotto Draws. The online cyber lotto
draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 250,000
e-mail addresses! Of individual and corporate bodies
picked by an advanced automated random computer search
from the internet. No tickets were sold. After this
automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged
as one of ten lucky winners in this year's promo with
the following particulars:

(i) Winning code: Q71-YZT-64201P
(ii) Email code number: CM2006/256432/Ml
(iii) Draw winning no: 167365

The 2006 Camelot was slatted for this month in line
with the Companies Lottery Guidelines having the
program conducted same month annually. This promo is
conducted by Camelot Group in collaboration with 7
Giant Internet Companies including Micro Soft Company.
Camelot have beaten the target for the first year of
fundraising for the 2012 Olympic games and Paralympics
games from tickets sold for our balloting games meant
for resident people in the UK.
Please note that your £2,000,000.00(Two Million British
Pound Sterling) would be released to you by our
affiliate bank in UK.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as
you make contact with him. Hence you are eligible for
the prize of Two Million Pound Sterling. Please contact
the under listed Fiduciary Coordinator as soon as
possible for processing of your claim:

Mrs. Vlyn Moore
Operation Manager.
Email: operationmanager02@inMail24.com

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your Email code number: CM2006/256432/Ml as the
subject of your email.
You are required to keep this award to yourself,
especially your particulars, until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to you.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,

Sir Peter Middleton
Promotion Manager
Camelot Promotions
cc: Dianne Thompson
Chief Executive

Phil Smith
Commercial and Operations Director
Richard Hurd-Wood
Bid and Strategy Director

Mark Gallagher
Director of Corporate Affairs
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Registered office: Camelot tolpits lane Watford WD18
9RN registered in England & Wales No. 2822203.
Camelot is Lead Sponsor of Camelot online lottery, the
GB Rowing Team which includes the lead men's sweep crew
and the lead women's crew for competition and training
and more.







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