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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +447040129640 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • luckydaylotto_day@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "dennis morission" <dennismor1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: luckydaylotto_day@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:05:37 +0000
Subject: YOUR DAY

Dear Sir/Madam,

LUCKYDAY WINNING NOTIFICATION

I am Morris Dennison the United Kingdom Zonal Cordinator of the Luckday
Lottery company with its headquaters in Den Haag, The Netherlands. I
warmly congratulate you on your victory in emerging a winner in the
lottery draw held at the porpular Trafalgar Square in London last
week.
Your email address was amongst those chosen this quarter from our new
java-based software that randomly selects email addresses from the web
from which winners are selected. Iam the regional controller to the
United Kingdom from where payment is been made to various winners who
fall under the 2nd category.THE TICKET NUMBERS ARE:27522465896-6453,
BATCH NUMBERS:538901527-BC68.
You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate
the processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the
release of your winnings.Your winning prize is to the tune of Two
Million Euros which is an equivalent of US$2.408.000.00 which is the
prevailing exchange rate at the Wall Street Capital Market as at today.
1. Full names.
2. Phone number
3. Fax number
4. Occupation
5. Gender
6. Age
7. Nationality
8. Country of Residence
You are advised to forward this information as soon as possible to
enable us attend to your winnings.Once we confirm your information,
your payments would be processed.
Everything was done in such a way that our payments mode would meet
the standards set by the European Union Gaming Commission. After you
have sent down these information, a certificate will be prepared for
you.
This is to be your proof of winning from this office to the payment
center before they
release your funds. Be advised that your winnings would be paid to you
in four(4) installments of 500,000.00 Euros {Five Hundred Thousand
Euros}.
This was done because of the amount won by you. This money would be
paid
to you on instalmental basis via our Correspondent Bank.You are advised
to keep your winning numbers secret to avoid unscrupulous elements
from taking advantage of the situation.Winners are enjoined to
donate a reasonable part of their winning prize to the recent Hurricane
Katrina that left hundreds dead and a lot more homeless.
Once again, congratulations!
Yours faithfully,
Mr Morris Dennison
Tel: +4470-4012-9640
LUCKDAY LOTTO UK CHAPTER
50 Broadway
Westminster
London
SW1H OBL
United Kingdom
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This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the
exclusive use of the addressee(s).This email and its attachments may
also be privileged or protected by legal rules. If you have received
this by mistake please let us know by replying immediately and
destroying the email and its attachments without reading, copying or
forwarding the contents.
pls reply to luckydaylotto_day@yahoo.co.uk

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