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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447024011693 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • samuel_gate@oued.info (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mcsoft office <mcsoft.67@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <samuel_gate@oued.info>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:04:42 +0200
Subject: FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.



FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.FREELOTTO AFFILIATED OFFICE UNITED KINGDOM


NOTIFICATION OF WINNING We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the recent results of the FREELOTTO INTERNATIONAL EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 10th Of march 2007. You were entered as dependent clients with: Reference Serial Number: F2-003-036 and Batch number FR/45-300-06. Your email address attached to the ticket number: 54-20-17-52-34-30 that draw the lucky winning number, which consequently won the Daily Jackpot in the first category,in four parts. You have been approved for a payment of 2,000,000.00 (Two Million United Kingdom Pounds) in cash credited to file reference number: TFR/9900034943/JPT.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associatons and co-oporate bodies that are listed online. To file for your claim, please contact your fudiciary agent immediately via the email below: Mr. Samuel Gate(Freelotto Fiduciary Department )Email:samuel_gate@oued.info
Telephone/ +447024011693
**********************************************************************************************The freelotto internet drew is held every month and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computer worldwide. We are proud to say that over 400 millions U.S Dollas are won annually in more than 118 countries Worldwide. Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using Free Lotto addresses, but are not from The Free Lotto. PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO: www.freelotto.com Once again congratulations... Cordially,Mrs.Christelle SmithOnline Co-ordinator FREE LOTTO EMAIL PROMOSweepstakes International Program
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