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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.
  • rev.thierry@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Eqlise Catholique en France <postmaster@cef.fr>
Reply-To: rev.thierry@hotmail.com
Date: 26 Mar 2008 23:11:43 +0100
Subject: Important Notice !!

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




From:Eqlise Catholique en France .

37 Rue Lanterne,

Lyon 69001,

France.

http://www.cef.fr/





Attn: Beneficary,



Congratulations The Eqlise Catholique en France has chosen you by the

board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a cashGrant/Donation

for your own personal, educational, and business development. To

celebratethe 30th anniversary and special thankgiven program, We are giving out a yearly donation

of £850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fity Thousand Great Britain Pounds Sterly) to 100lucky

recipients, as charity donations/aid from the Eqlise Catholique en France, EU,UNICEF,Ecowas, World Bank and

the UNO in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament,which is part of our promotion.

To file for your claim you are to fill out below information and send it to

Rev. Thierry Alvarez The Executive Secretary Via his email contact address.



Claims Requirements:



1. Full Name:.....................................

2. Address:.......................................

3. Nationality:...................................

4. Age:.......... Date of Birth:.................

5. Occupation:.....................................

6. Phone:................Fax:.....................

7. State of Origin:...........Country:...............



The Executive Secretary:

Rev.Thierry Alvarez

E-mail:rev.thierry@hotmail.com



Congratulation's Once more .



Best Regards,



Sis. Catherine Monties

(Group Coordinator)





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Eqlise Catholique en France is a registered charity No 251051. Registered

as a company limited by guarantee in France.

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