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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 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.
  • owenclaims_uk87@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Carl Moore" <carl_moore110@rediffmail.com>
Date: 23 Jan 2007 19:26:16 -0000
Subject: Yahoo! Lottery Results 2007. {You Have Won}


YAHOO! NEWS... Yahoo! Lottery Results. You won £800,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!&nbsp; &nbsp;Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing&nbsp; Yahoo! Lottery Draw held on the 28th of December, 2006. All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.Consequently, you have been approved for a total pay of 800,000.00 GBP (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ).&nbsp;This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British Representative Office in the United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of&nbsp; 800,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in the UK.
Find below your identification numbers:&nbsp;Batch Number......................Lwh 09445Lotto Number......................Lwh 09446Winning Number....................Lwh 09447&nbsp;Our Yahoo!\'s Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact her. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your prize remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for claim, fill out the information required in the verification form and establish contact via e-mail between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Saturday and contact our overseas claims unit with the information below:
OVERSEAS CLAIMS UNIT Yahoo! Lottery Fiduciary Contact Person: Mr George Owenclaims_uk87@myway.com
VERIFICATION FORM
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________2.ADDRESS:____________________________________________________________________________________3.SEX:__________
4.AGE:__________5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________6.OCCUPATION:_______________________7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:__________________________
9.LOTTO NUMBER:____________________ B. BATCH NUMBER:______________10.WINNING NUMBER:__________________11.AMOUNT WON:______________________12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL_______________________________________________________ &nbsp;13. COUNTRY________________________________
CLAIMANT SIGNATORY DECLARATION===========================================================I,......................................HEREBY DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEVER&nbsp; RECIEVED ANY FORM OF
SETTLEMENT FROM THE Yahoo! LOTTERY NOR ANY MEMBER OF MY FAMILY.&nbsp; I, THEREFORE, DECLARE THAT THE Yahoo!&nbsp; LOTTERY ACTS ON MY BEHALF IN THE PROCESSING AND TRANSFER
OF MY PRIZE AS INSTRUCTED BY ME. ===========================================================Goodluck from me and members of staff of the Yahoo!LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,Dr. Carl Moore.Online coordinator for Yahoo!&nbsp; LOTTERYSweepstakes International Program.
The Yahoo.com staffYahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com
The Yahoo.com staffYahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com
Yahoo! Lottery Results&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! registered user.

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