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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: Barry Hurst <claimsofficerdp_uk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:54:27 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Ugent Reply!!


THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY, UK
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD.
MSW-L/322-669844
BATCH: 2005MJL-01


Attn,Rolando Naumann,

In Reciept of your email to this firm,i want you to understand that what you have won is yours and the eec police have no right to investigate your personal account for this winnings.

As for how you was picked as one of the winners of this Microsoft lottry,i must say that you are a lucky type to have won this program which is held every four years.
and its a computer programming that have to do with picking the winners for the draw..

so i advice that you follow the instructions given to you by this firm and get your winnings ASAP,and a certificate will be isured to you for verifications to the EEC police.

well,if you counter any problem,concerning this transactions please do let me know so i can put you through,as thire is no much time for you again.

Once again Congratulations.
Regards,

Yours Faithfully
Barry Hurst.


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