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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.
  • judithclark1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Judith Clark <judithclark21@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 16:08:16 +0200
Subject: win

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE/AWARD DEPARTMENT
FREE LOTTERY
**************************************
Ref. Number: 33/176/281-11
Batch Number:22319-88345213-NL
AWARD NOTIFICATION
Attn: Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw of the dayzers game Lottery International programs held on the
5/6/06 of June, 2007. Your email address attached to ticket number: 110-911644235 with Serial number
JN136/06 drew the lucky numbers:09-16-07-91-10-14, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd
category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Euros 500,000.00 (Five Hundred
Thousand Euros).
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 companies.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and your money remitted to your account.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial Agent:
*****************************************************************************************************
FREE TRUST AGENCY
Name: Mrs.Judith Clark(agent)
Email:judithclark1@yahoo.com
Tel: 0031-63428914
Fax:0031847203789
*****************************************************************************************************
Our fiducial agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon
as you contact him.This promotion was organised by some eminent personalities from all over the world to
promote software companies and it takes place annually.Please remember that all winning must be
processed not later than 28th of July 2007 or when authentic proof is given for the delay of filing your
winning claim.
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full names,your country, your private
Telephone and fax number, your reference/batch numbers etc in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this programand also thank you for being part
of our promotional lottery program.Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely Yours,
Mr. Philip Johnson
Lottery Co-ordinator .

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