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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: William Buster <agent.williambuster@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:46:25 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILL THE CLAIMS FORM



British Royal Lottery
P.O.Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL.
Customer Service/Claims Department
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59
15-12-2006

Hello Aren Rich,

I want you to know this is true infact Your email address emerged as one of the lucky winner's in one of our sweepstake.

Your email addess was one of the Lucky Winners who will be recieving a lump sum of £500,000.00 {Five Hundred Thousand pounds Sterlings} In cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/03.
You are required to fill the claims form below so you can process your claims Immediately.

Provide him with the information below:
1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Email Address:



Congratulations,
William Buster.


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