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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.
• 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.
  • eli_zabethfowler@terra.com.mx (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "elizabeth fowler" <ezzabethfowler46@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: eli_zabethfowler@terra.com.mx
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:11:56 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

OVERSEAS / AFRO EURO STAKES LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AND FREE LOTTO
ORGANISATIONS.
A SUBSIDIARY OF WANADO,SPAIN.
OFFICE: 8-10, FREE TOWN AVE,
PLOT: 328 MADRID SPAIN.
REF NUMBER;OSL/653/029/03
BATCH NUMBER;AT-040-SB06-03

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
ATTENTION:WINNER,

We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our recent lottery draws
held on 24th of August 2006.Your email address attached to ticket number
27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky number
7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$3,000,000.00(UNITED STATES DOLLARS) Note:ALL participants in this lottery
program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from
all search enginesand web sites.

This promotional program takes place every year,and is promoted and
sponsored by eminent personalities like the sultan of brunei,Bill Gates Of
Microsoft inc, Multi Choice,echina site and other corperate
organisations.This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers
worldwide.

For security purpose and clarity,we advise that you keep your winning
informations confidential until your claims have been processed and your
money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claims and unwarranted abuse of this programe by some particitants. We look
forward to your active participant in our next year USD50 Million slot.

You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you with
your winning and subsequent payments.All winning must be claim not later
than one month After the date of this notice.

Please note,in order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications remember
to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore,should there be any change of addresses 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 20 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely Yours
NAME : MRS ELIZABETH FOWLER
EMAIL: eli_zabethfowler@terra.com.mx

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