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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 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.
  • +22993439838 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • sandra_nickerson006@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: lotto_org1@microcamp.com.br
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:43:04 -0200
Subject: Unclaimed lottery winner prize


EURO AFRIC LOTTERY ORGANIZATION67 KEREKU ROAD, COUTONOU BENIN
REPUBLIC.PRESIDENT MRS SANDRA NICKERSON,EURO AFRIC UNCLAIMED PRIZE
COMMITTEEINTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPTEmail: 
euroafrick@ozu.esPHONE:  +229-9343 9838 Unclaimed lottery winner
prizeAttn: Prize Award Winner:Following the meeting between the euro afric
lottery Benin with the directors and the stake holders of the euro African
lottery Benin which was held yesterday in collaboration with IBA bank 
Benin the paying bank, the united nations and the Paris club with  the
members of the euro afric lottery committee on the reschedule  of your
euro afric lottery winning prize unclaimed fund. we are  pleased to
inform you that your unclaimed lump sum pays of $1, 950,000.00USD (one
Million nine hundred andfifty thousand united state dollars only) fund has
beenapproved. wehave noted with dismay that the lottery organisation
committee failed to contact your email due to  omission of your file
when other winners arebeen paid last year.  Proper arrangement has been
put in place to enable you claim your winning prize accordingly.Conditions
for claiming your prize is state as follows:You are require to contact Mrs.
Sandra Nickerson the director of unclaimed prize committee through this
email:sandra_nickerson006@yahoo.fr for preparation of your payment from the
Treasury Department. If you do not contact your claims accredited director
within 7 working days of this notification. The payment will be
pending. Mrs Sandra NickersonEuro Afric unclaimed prize committee
_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

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