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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +31610407014 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • cmpltsol@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: andre guan <comsolut49@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:56:08 +0200
Subject:



Dear Winner,Batch # 1900001111SLRef.# 200612786534
Other means of locating you failed.Therefore,we resorted to sending you this e mail to inform you of your email address success in the lucky day lotto Internet draw held on Thursday,21 june 2007 .
All ten winning Addresses were randomly selected from a batch of fifty thousand international Email addresses.
Your email address emerged alongside nine others as category two Winners in this year's Annual lucky day Lotto Draw. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of 750,000.00 euro,($1,022,466 US Dollar)only.If you get this e mail,please contact the under listed claims officer for identification/verification and the eventual release of your money.Mr. A Guan
Complete Solutions Ltd Email- cmpltsol@netscape.net
Tel: 0031-610407014
Fax: 0031-847 161 062
NB:
Since you were un-reachable and did not attend the cash/cheque presentation ceremony,your fund is currently deposited with the paying Bank pending your claim.Your reference, batch numbers as stated above, are the key to claiming your prize.Please keep it safe and handy as you make contact to claim your prize.Winners are advised also to keep this award confidential until prize is claimed to avert the incidence of impersonation by unscrupulous elements. Please note also that your prize would be returned back to our sponsors as unclaimed if within 10 working days from today 16-07-2007,you are still unreachable.Once again on behalf of all our staff. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Sincerely,Paul Green Promotions Manager The Lucky day Lotto Company The Lucky day Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers,Mackintosh and a Conglomeration of other international IT companies.
The Lucky day lotto Internet Draw is held once in a year.It is so organized to encourage the use of The Internet and computers worldwide
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CONFIDENTIAL * This email is intended for and confidential to the named recipient. If you have received a copy in error, please accept our apologies and destroy it. You may not use or disclose the contents of this e-mail to anyone, not take copies of it. The only copies permitted are to be made by the named recipient and for the purpose of completing successful electronic transmission to the named recipient and then only on condition that these copies, with this notice attached, are kept confidential until destruction.
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