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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.
  • +447035901745 (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.
  • karonin_claimsagent1@katamail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "k_aronin6@terra.es" <k_aronin6@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 05:39:27 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CLAIMS NOTIFICATION!!!!!!!!!


THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
UK HEAD OFFICE
SUITE 23-30, LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND
www.freelotto.com

Dear Winner,
We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the
Free Lotto draw held on the 26th of November 2006. All 10 winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000
international Emails.Your email address emerged alongside 10 others
as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual Free Lotto Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out
of the lump sum of 232,705 US DOLLARS(two hundred and thirty two thousand seven hundred and five dollars)
equivalent of 117,915 GBP(one hundred and seventeen thousand nine hundred and fifteen pounds)
The following
particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) Email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: FL09622UK
(iv) The file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK
Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible
for the immediate release of your winnings:

Mr. Kevin Aronin
Chief financial Director
The Free lotto Company
TEL: +447035901745
Fax: +44870 479 5948
EMAIL:karonin_claimsagent1@katamail.com


N.B: Steps to claiming your prize;
1. Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with
the claims officer.
2. Winners must send their names, address, telephone number and
means of identification (international passport or drivers license)
to claim officer to process immediate payment of their prize.
Upon reciept of this information a check will be sent to you for the payments of your
tax for the release of your winnings. This check is deducted from your total winnings .
Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Mrs.Thelma Jones
Promotions Manager
The Lotto Company
UK,Europe & USA.







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