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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.
  • claims_tonyukagent@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "tony Smith" <claims_tonyuk2007@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:54:43 +0100
Subject:

ATTENTION: WINNER ,
You have been Selected in the UKONL 2007 Lottery Program. Our lottery
program selection has finally been performed today which was held at
the Marina office. UK Promotion is a joint Euro/America private lottery
registered and organized in accordance with the World Lottery
Regulation act.We the The National Lottery organizing committee are
pleased toofficially notify you of the status of your email
application. An
official notification of winning is hereby issued to you as your email
promotionticket randomly drew for the Lucky Numbers:
31-17-8-28-55 [08] Bonus Ball ,which selected your email as the
2ND winner of our lottery program you have consequently won the lottery
program in the first batch.Suffice to say here, We have officially
approved a sum payout of£750,000.00 GBP to you as the lottery winner.

FIDUCIARY DEPT:
NAME: GRAY MOORE.
(CLAIMS OFFICER)
Email:claims_tonyukagent@yahoo.co.uk

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
SURNAME :
MIDDLE NAME:
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
PHONE NUMBER:
FAX NUMBER:
LUCKY NUMBER :
REF NUMBER:

Congratulations from all our staff for being part of UK 2007 LOTTERY
PROGRAM.
Sincerely,
Marian Jones(Mrs)
Zonal Co-ordinator

Congratulations!!!!!!!!! You Email Won You 750,00

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