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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.
  • +447024023124 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +442047808650

Fraud email example:

From: Golden Neo Life Diamite GNLD <yhcustomerscares1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:42:01 +0100
Subject: GNLD AWARD






Golden Neo Life Diamite (GNLD)
A Better Way Of Life
People Empowering People

GNLD INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD

HEAD OFFICE UNITED KINGDOM 4 More London Riverside London SE1 2AU enquiries_gnldservice@earthlink.net Winning Numbers 94 1 2 17 43 52 CONGRATULATIONS!!! Batch No........ GNLD/NU543GY852Ref No............ GNLD/GY901KJ540 Winning No.....GNLD/94-1- 2-17-43-52Dear Winner, This
is to inform you that you have won a prize money of SIX HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($650,000) credited to file
GNLD/W0254674679BQ, for the Month of MAY 2007 being the Lottery
promotion which is organized by GOLDEN NEO LIFE DIAMITE LOTTERY INC (GNLD) GOLDEN NEO LIFE DIAMITE LOTTERY INC (GNLD),
collects all the email addresses of the people that are using electonic
mails among the millions that subscribed to Yahoomail, Hotmail, Aol,
Earthlink, Comcast Gmail, Myway, ETC. we only select Five (5) people
every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without
the winner participating for it, we congratulate you for being one of
our lucky winner in this Month ***WINNER NO 3 *** GNLD It
comes as no surprise that a 48 year old company would have a very
seasoned team of field leadership as well. Solid field leadership is
the life blood to any successful company, at GNLD our field leaders
have helped countless thousands of individuals build successful
businesses, many of those businesses are providing a better way of life
by providing this Lottery programme to the priviledge which is a way of
helping the individuals. In the area of Health, we empower people with knowledge and scientifically proven products to maximize your potential for lifelong health. In the area of Financial Independence, we empower people by providing them this lottery programme inorder to breakdown financial diseases. These
numbers fall within the European Distributing Location, you are
requested to contact our Distributor in London using these contact
information below. For more information on how you can claim your
winning prize (money),send your winning identification numbers to them. GNLD DISTRIBUTOR CONTACT INFO Mr. Alan mohammed Emerald Director / DistributorDistributor ID No. A1983MMobile: ++44 702-402-3124 Fax: +44 20 4780 8650 E-mail alanmohammed@earthlink.net You
are therefore advise to send the following information to the
Distributing Agent in London for them to facilitate and process your
transfer. 1. Your Full Names...........................................2. Country........................................................3. State ..........................................................4. Contact Address.......................................5. Home Tele No.........................................6. Mobile No ..............................................7. Marital Status.........................................8. Gender .................................................9. Occupation............................................10. Age......................................................11.Date of Birth .......................................12.Religion ..............................................13.E-mail .................................................14 Amount Won USD $650,000.0015. Batch no ..........................................16. Reff. No ............................................17. Winning No. .....................................18. Annual income .................................19. Distributor's ID A1983M NOTE: YOU ARE TO SCAN A COPE OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENCE ( IF ANY)
AND SEND IT TO OUR DISTRIBUTOR WHICH IS IN CHARGE IN YOUR FILE FOR THE
RELEASING OF YOUR LOTTERY AWARD (AMOUNT OF $650,000.00 WHICH WERE APPROVE TO RELEASE TO YOU. IF THERE IS ANY PROBLEM IS DELAYING FOR THE RELEASING YOUR FUND, DO NOT HESITATE TO WRITE ON US IMMEDIATE WITH OUR COMPANY MAILING ADDRESS (enquiries_gnldservice@earthlink.net) CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAINYours In Service Mr. Jerry Brassfield GNLD Founder People Empowering People © Copyright 2007, GNLD International, LLC. All rights reserved United Kingdom Chapter

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