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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!

Fraud email example:

From: Susan Shore <susan@shoresusan.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:54:40 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: PRICE REMITTING AGENT.


PRICE REMITTING AGENT.
WINX LOTTO INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

We are pleased to congratulate you, and announce to you,the results of the First Category draw of THE WINX LOTTO PROMO INT. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially held on the 2nd day of october 2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East,and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 46998126739, with prize number 472-9768ECC, has consequently won in the First Category. You have been awarded a lump sum pay-out of 800,000,00 (Eight Hundered Thousand Euros), which is the winning payout for Category "A" winners.This is from a total cash prize of 9,600,000.00 (Nine million, six hundred Euros) shared amongst the first Twelve (12) lucky winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is currently now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice till the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by of this program. Please contact our paying agent immediately for due processing remittance of your prize money to a designated of your choice:

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, do remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your paying agent.

To claim your funds, please contact the paying bank.
*************************************************
Contact person: Mr. Billy Smith
(International Remittance Department).
Email:winxagent@aol.com
*************************************************
N.B: All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today, 16th of October,2006.

Congratulations once again from all members of Winx Lotto International.

Thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours in service,
Mr. Susan Shore
(Lottery Coordinator).

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