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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.
  • +447011140293 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Charles Destiny <agentdept_dcharles54@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:18:29 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: LOTTERY WINNER CONFIRMED


THE COCA-COLA COMPANY PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT COCA-COLA AVENUE
STANFORD BRIDGE LONDON SW1V 3DW
UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Wilford Schulzeer,

This is to inform you that we have recieved your lottery winning information from the just concluded THE COCA-COLA COMPANY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES for 2007.
Congratulations, you were among the twenty international lucky winners in this category of the draws, with the following informations Ticket number (CC/7PWYZ2006) and ballot number
(CC/BT:12052006/20) as your winning information.
I am the agent assisgned to you in the lottery promotions, and as such my job is to ensure that your fund released to you.
Your prize money of 1,000,000.00 Pounds. is presently deposited with CLYDESDALE BANK PLC, here in the UNITED KINGDOM. I have just sent to them your lottery winning informations. They will be required to contact you soon.
I want you to know that for further verification, you will need to quote your Ticket number and ballot number to them when you are contacted.
And you will be expected to forward every of your correnpondence with them to me for record keeping.
You are not allowed to disclose any of your winning informations, hence somebody else will file for your claim and funds will be transferred to such person, please take note!
Once again congratulation for your luck.
Mr. Charles Destiny
processing Agent incharge.
Tel:(+44)-7011140293
COCA-COLA COMAPNY AWARDS.

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2.Address.........................
3.Age...............................
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5.Occupation....................
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7.Nationality......................
8.Tel/Fax...........................




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