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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • paymentunit_claims2007@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Striker Million" <slloto019@rediffmail.com>
Date: 13 Apr 2007 22:13:33 -0000
Subject: SKM/7405/66/12


STRIKER- MILLION&nbsp; PROMOTIONMonmouth House 40 Artillery Lane London E17LS.&nbsp;CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you of the result of the online cyber lotto Draws of the Striker million Lotto Draws.The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000 e-mail addresses! of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automate d random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of&nbsp; ten winners in the category \"A\" with the following particulars: &nbsp;(i) Winning numbers: 09-45-22-97-17-61 (ii) Email code number: SKM/7405/66/12 (iii) Lotto ref number: LOTTO/333/wsxxz This year Striker million lotto is the largest ever for British Lottery and the rest of the world, The estimated 225 Striker million lottery would be the sixth-biggest in U.K,Amsterdan and Africa&nbsp; history.The biggest was the 363 million pounds sterlings lottery wins that went to two winne
rs in a May 2000 drawing of The&nbsp; Striker million predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European,Amsterdan and Africa booklet representative office in their various claim center as indicated in our lottery . In view of this, your £2,000,000.00(Two Million British Pounds Sterlings)would be released to you by our affiliate bank in UK,Amasterdan and Africa Payment Center. &nbsp;Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with her.&nbsp;Hence you are eligible for the prize of Two&nbsp; Million Pound Sterling. Please contact the under listed Fiduciary Coordinator as soon as possible for processing of your claim: &nbsp;Mrs. Maureen Jefferson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Payment Coordinator. Email: paymentunit_claims2007@yahoo.co.uk
&nbsp;To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your Email code number: SKM/7405/66/12&nbsp; as the subject of your email. You are required to&nbsp; keep this award to yourself, especially your Particulars, until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you.&nbsp;CONGRATULATIONS!!! Sincerely, Richard DeveyPromotion ManagerSTRIKER MILLION&nbsp;Copyright © 1994-2007 The British National Lottery Inc

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