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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.
  • fidiciaryagent_bf10@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: burkina faso <lotbf09@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <lotbf10@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:11:32 +0200
Subject: !!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS YOU GAINED A LOTTERY WITH BURKINA FASO.!!!!





























The United Kingdom IN COLLABORATION WITH the COMPANY Of EXPLOITATION OF the GOLD MINES. INTERNATIONAL REWARD OF THE PROMOTION OF LONDRE.SIEGE/OUAGADOUGOU WITH BURKINA-FASO,12th. AVENUE KWAME KRUMAH 01 BP.REFERENCE OF GAINING: LP/26510460037/03.GROUP: 24/00319www.acculotto.comOPINION OF PROFIT GRANTSIt is our pleasure of informing you by this declaration of gaining of LONDON of the Million REWARDS INTERNS LOTTERY held at the dated April 5, 2007 one . Your address email was selected by our electronic collectors visitors of Web site in the identification of your patronage to the services of Internet.In the final aspiration, your name was attached to the ticket it num�ro6325698-44596-222, with the job number 410-32659, drawing them lucky numbers 4014-236985744-596 which consequently gained in 22emecat�gorie. You were thus approved for a lump sum of (Euros �150,000.00 HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS),
Cash accredited N� of file: LP/26510460037/07. It is a total price cash of (Euro �48.000.000.000 FORTY EIGHT BILLION EURO) shared be included 22 international countries in this category.All participants have summer chosen by a voting system starting from computer drawn from 25.000 names of Africa, of Australia, of Zealand News, of America, Europe, from North America and Asia entant that element of the program international of promotion which is led annually to encourage the use of the Internet and the programs based by Internet.We are magic to express you our congratulations sincere.We hope that with a fraction of your gained money, you would have at least the privilege in your company and to also take part with our promotions of high price the next year, more than 100 million euros of the international lottery.For your information on the way in which you will begin it treatment and the transfer of this funds towards your account indicated of your choice, You can make displacement with BUKINA FASO for to assign your ( Certificate Of engagement ) on the level D the justice of Burkina Faso to have your (Certificate of profit and your Cheque), before 30 because as from (July 30, one cannot pay any more they is the principles.

In the contrary case you contact the director of complaint indicated below who represents all the foreigners to have to them (certificates engagements) so that your profits are transfer in your accounts.To avoid the complications,
You give your Numbers to him Ticket 6325698-44596-222,Job number 410-32659,Lucky numbers 4014-236985744-596NAME: MR.AZIZ TRAORE.Email: fidiciaryagent_bf10@yahoo.fr
Such: 00226 78 81 97 76.NOTE: In order to avoid an useless delay and complications,mentioned your reference and numbers of batch in each one of your correspondences with us or towards the bank of our sleeping partner same row.

With case or there a change will be unspecified of your addresses, inform the Director to treat your transaction as soon as possible.! ! ! CONGRATULATION! ! !Congratulations of all our personnel and us you let us thank for demolishing part of our program for promotions. Any infringement of confidentiality on behalf of gaining will result with the disqualification.
You we excuse for the delay to have to contact you.
We wish that you continue with to gain good fortunes.Best wishes. The Management of the Organization of lottery. Director On line International Promotions Unit. ADAMS SMITH.










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