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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 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.
  • +447024021472 (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.
  • officerclaims001@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Free lottery winner Free lottery winner <web_free008@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <officerclaims001@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 20:45:20 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATIONS!!!!


AFFILIATED OFFICE OF FREE LOTTO U.K82 Victoria
Street,Victoria London SW1 U.K.REG. NUMBER
0981/6733/KLUK 3rd OCTOBER 2007 FREE LOTTERY WINNING
ANNOUNCEMENT ,

Dear Free lottery winner,Congratulations from Web Free lottery Internationalpromotions ,you were entered as dependent clients with Reference SERIAL NUMBER:F2-003-036 and Batch numberFR/45-300-06. Your email address attached to the ticket number: 54-20-17-52-34-30 drew the lucky winningnumber,which consequently won Jackpot in the 2nd category.CongratulationsYou are a lucky winner !!!You have been approved for a payment of Five HundredThousand Pounds sterling(100,000.00GBP) in cash credited to the file KTU/9023118380/02 . of the Microsoft Web free lotto Winning Draw Results for 3rd October


.Please contact Mr. Perry Parkinson Claim Processing Officer to validate your fund for payment with this filled details below.YOU
ARE TO FILL THE CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORMBELOW.Full

Full Names ----------------------
Contact

Address ----------------------------


Phone Number ------------------------------

Age ---------------------------------

Sex ---------------------

Occupation ---------------------

Winning Batch Number -----------------------

Country ------------------------------

You are hereby requested to send a filled copy of this verification form to your claims processing officer Mr.Perry Parkinson via his contact details below,who isresponsible for your claims verification/ processing Forthe urgent deposition of your winning prize(500,000.00GBP) in any of the affiliate insured,safe and fast Express delivery company for the safe delivery of your parcel in to your country.Congratulation ones again from Online Director,members,staff of this great lottery organization ! ! !Free lotto Fiduciary Department
Mr. Perry Parkinson (Claim VerificationOfficer)
Email:officerclaims001@yahoo.co.uk
Phone Number:+447-024-021-472

The free lotto internet drew is held every six months and is organized to encourage the use of the Microsoft internet and computer worldwide. We are proud to say that over 4 millionpounds are won annually in more than 118 countriesWorldwide.


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