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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 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.
  • elizabeth_roth@winning.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sir donald Mclean [British national lottery[online dept] <Britishnationallotteryonlinedept@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: elizabeth_roth@winning.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:09:07 +0100
Subject: Winnings


BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY(ONLINE DEPT.) =
INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS,
United Kingdom.
Batch: 14/211/0374
Ref: BTL/311OXI/02

WINNING NOTIFICATION

From the Office Desk of Sir Ben Wales the online co-ordinator of
the BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY(ONLINE DEPT.).
I wish to congratulates you as one of the selected lucky Winner of 14 lucky =
winners in the Online Sweepstakes International program held in June, 2007 in =
the United-Kingdom. By our computer draw system, which subsequently won you =
the lottery in the 2nd category. Attached, to ticket number:023-1111-790-458 =
with serial number 5073-12 drew, the lucky numbers: =
05-11-12-16-17-45-42(bonus no.42),
You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of GBP
500,000.00(Five hundred thousand, pounds sterlings) in cash
credited to File XYL/26510460037/04. This is from a total cash prize of GBP =
125 million pounds sterlings to be won.

NOTE: 500,000.00(Five hundred thousand, pounds sterlings) in cash
will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process
to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact Her.
For security Reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information

confidential Till your claim is processed and your money remitted to

you in your Country. This is part of our precautionary measure to
avoid
double claiming and Unwarranted abuse of this program.
Please be warned.

Congratulations from Me and Members of Staff of
BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY(ONLINE DEPT.).

To file for your claims contact AGENT: Mrs. Elizabeth Roth
Email:Elizabeth_roth@winning.com

For more verification of your claim, you are to send to us as follows:
1. Full name:
2. Contact Address:
3. Age:
4. Telephone Number:
5. Marital Status:
6. Sex:
7. Next Of Kin:
8. Zip Code:
9. Occupation:
10. Company:
11.State:
12.Country:
13.Nationality:

Yours faithfully,
Sir,Donald mclean
Zonal coordinator
BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY(ONLINE DEPT.)
Sweepstakes International Program =A9 Copyright 2007

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