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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.
  • +447045725466 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Matthew Martin <mcmartin@ualr.edu>
Reply-To: maryparker777@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:57:46 -0700
Subject: ONLINE NOTIFICATION FOR CLAIM//////////





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BRITISH LOTTERY6/49
P O Box 1010=2C 3b Olympic Way=2C =

Sefton Business Park=2C
Aintree=2C Liverpool =2C L30 1RD =

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This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of =A3=
1=2C000=2C000=2E00 (British =

Pounds) which subsequently won in the 3rd category of last and this yea=
r program in London =

Uk=2EThe selection process was carried out through random selection in =
our computerized email =

selection system(ess) from a database of over 250=2C000 email addresses =
drawn from which you =

were selected=2E The BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY is approved by the Britis=
h Gaming Board=2E
To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduaciary =
claims department for =

more infomation as regards procedures to claim your prize=2E

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You are to contact the Claims Consultant=3A
MR=2E HENRY WHITE
Telephone=3A +447045725466 =

Email=3A maryparker777=40gmail=2Ecom
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contact him=2C please provide him with the following codes below=3A Secr=
et pin code x7pwyz2118 =

Serial number 5344/02 =

REF No=3A UK/9420X2/79
TICKET No=3A 56475600533188 =

(1) FULL NAME
(2) FULL ADDRESS
( 3) NATIONALITY=2E =

(4) AGE
(5) OCCUPATION
(6 )TELEPHONE NUMBER =

(7) SEX
(8) TOTAL AMOUNT WON
(9) COUNTRY

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PLEASE NOTE=3BNON RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE TO BEAR EXPENSES =

FOR THEIR COURIER DELIVERY
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SINCERELY
MARY PARKER(MRS) =


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