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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 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.
  • +34608619940 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • venturalinfo08@aol.com

Fraud email example:

From: Williams Palmer <williamspalmer08@web.de>
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:09:23 +0200
Subject: AWARD NOTICE<info@winners.com>




AWARD NOTICE<info@winners.com [mailto:info@winners.com]>
EURO MILLION PROMOTION.
Attn; REF NO; ILPB642857301
In view of the yearly sweepstake of the above named organization held on the
4th of July,2008.It is my pleasure to inform you that your e-mail address
attached to the above Ref No, ticket star number (45407),serial number
51622, lucky numbers 3-18-40-40-76, batch number EULO/2907/444/908/06 came up in the first dip.This invariably means that you have emerged as the prize
recipient in the first category with an allocated sum of One Million Euros(1.000.000.00) Euros. Be informed that all participants were selected from a randon computing ballot system.This charitable sweepstake is sponsored by a group of corporate organizations and governmental parastatals drawn from major cities in Europe.As a matter of principle,you are to donate at the minimum one tenth of the fund to an outstanding charity project in your locality,after the reception of your fund.To file for your claim and other enquiries,contact the designated fiducial consultant:
Mr.Paolo Pedro
TEL: 0034-608-619-940
EMAIL: venturalinfo08@aol.com [mailto:venturalinfo08@aol.com]

Please note all winning must be claimed not later than 20th of July, 2008.
Congratulations once more
Faithfully yours'
Mr. Williams Palmer




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