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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: Officer Claim <brian.claimagent@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 15:23:44 +0800 (CST)
Subject: FILL OUT YOUR FUND RELEASE FORM {Batch: 074/05/ZY369} asap



Dear Winner,
Congratulations once again from all the staff here. In
order to verify your winnings, we need your
particulars for record purposes. All participants for this online version were selected randomly
from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed online. This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that
your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to receive your prize. This is part of
our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. Attached here is a
copy of our verifications form, please fill
accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings. Once
again congratulations from all the staff.

This form is valid for only those who have won the British INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY Fill in the required fields in the space provided below. No field should be left blank, because your particulars are needed for record purposes.
NOTE : IT IS REQUIRED YOU ATTACH THE FORM OR SIMPLY CLICK THE REPLY BUTTON BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS FORM, AS ALL INPUTED DATA MAY BE LOST UPON OUR RECEPTION. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR BROWSER SETTING DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM e.g html program, YOU ARE TO SEND THE REQUIRED DATA IN PLAIN TEXT FORMAT.



VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

1.FULL NAMES:______________________________

2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________

____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________

5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.LOTTO NUMBER: 12-23-25-26-34-49 (04)____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER:_____1212_________

10.TICKET NUMBER:_56475600545 188__________________

11.SERIAL NUMBER:_5368/02_________________

12.ANY IDENTIFICATION(Driving License/passport)Y/N___________
13.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

___________________________________________

14. WINNERS STATE:__________________________________

15. WINNERS COUNTRY________________________________

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, I will send
you the contact information of the payment office so you
can proceed with effecting the release of your claim
in anyway you deem fit.
Warm Regards,

Brian Adams
44(0)704-571-5352











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