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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!
• 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.
  • lewansconsultas@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: LA PRIMITIVA LOTREIA <sarahtorres_primit5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <lewansconsultas@aim.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:08:43 +0000
Subject: LA PRIMITIVA EMAIL WAWRD 2007



Dear Winner,Your e-mail address was selected as winner of La Primitiva Loteria España, Held 17 Nov,2007.You have won the sum of € 1.974.547,Eur ( One Million Nine Hundred And Seventy Four Thousand, Five Hundred And Fourty Seven Euros) in cash credited to file withReference number: ESP/1245/114L/LOP Winning Number:3-34-36-38-42-48To file for your claim, please contact Lewan Consultas SAMr.Richard HagueReply Email: lewansconsultas@aim.com
Tel:0034 625-193-031Congratulations once again from all our staff. Monika Torres.Secretary. www.loteria.es
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