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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 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.
  • +31622685322 (Netherlands, 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.
  • completesoluts@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: green@greenpaul7.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:43:05 +0100 (CET)
Subject: cograts!


Dear Winner,

(Batch # UML010/C2)
(Ref. # 428/77/UML)

We are pleased to announce you one of the ten lucky winners in the
lucky day
Lotto draw held yesterday 23-01-2007 .All ten winning Addresses were randomly
selected
from a batch of
fifty thousand international Email addresses. Your email address emerged
alongside nine
others
as category two Winners
in this year's Annual lucky day Lotto Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
5oo,ooo.oo(five hundred thousand euros) only..

Contact the under listed claims officer via email
as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings.

Mrs. Frana Van dijk
Complete Solutions Ltd

Email- completesoluts@aim.com
Tel: 0031-622685322
Fax: 0031-847 161 062.
NB:
Your fund is currently deposited with the paying Bank.
Your ref and batch numbers as stated above, are the key to your winning.Please keep it safe and
handy as you make contact to claim your prize.

Winners are advised also to keep this award confidential until prize are
claimed to avert the incidence of impersonation by unscrupulous elements. Please note also that all claims are
nullified after 20 working days from today, 24-01-2007.

Once again on behalf of all our staff.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Paul Green
Promotions Manager
The Lucky day Lotto Company

The Lucky day Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers,Mackintosh and a
Conglomeration of other international IT companies.

The Lucky day lotto Internet Draw is held once in a year.It is so
organized to encourage the use of The Internet and computers worldwide
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CONFIDENTIAL * This email is intended for and confidential to the named recipient. If you have received a copy in error, please accept our apologies and destroy it. You may not use or disclose the contents of this e-mail to anyone, not take copies of it. The only copies permitted are to be made by the named recipient and for the purpose of completing successful electronic transmission to the named recipient and then only on condition that these copies, with this notice attached, are kept confidential until destruction.
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Paul Green OBE DL PW George SD Masters AW Livesley SJ Pumfrey JM Calnan KH Larkman PM Hoddell BR Ballard KW Goddard DK Wybar PC Allen T Ogle DJ Cammack MJ Hopkins DJ Wisbey SJ Loome CL Read TJ Seath Consultants: AH Frost DL Colthorpe BDHC Ris - EA Peel Director of Finance: L Pisano Director of Personnel: S Tarbin

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