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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.
  • +447045711471 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • onlinedraws_020@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD <ukonlinenationallottery@web.de>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:44:24 +0200
Subject: {Disarmed} Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY369








Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY369
www.nationallottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do [http://www.nationallottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do]

We happily announce to you the draw (#1164) of the UK LOTTERY,held on
Wednesday 24th March, 2007.

Your e-mail which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 800,000 GBP
Your e-mail address attached to ticket no.: 56475600545 188 with Serial
no. 5368/02drew the lucky no.:01.02.04 .32.42. 43. {23} Bonus Ball.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims
officer through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:

Mr Mark Jefferson
Tel: (+44)704 571 1471
Email: onlinedraws_020@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:onlinedraws_020@yahoo.co.uk]
Congratulations once again!
Warm Regards
Lorraine Dodds
Online Co-ordinator.





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