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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!

Fraud email example:

From: UK FREE LOTTO <kodecb@iol.cz>
Reply-To: uklottoclaims101@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:15:27 GMT
Subject: PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM




The Free Lotto Sweepstakes,
PO Box 42 Peterborough
PE3 8XH
UNITED KINGDOM

Dear Winner,

We wish to notify you that this email address was randomly selected in
our promotional lotto sweepstakes and as a result you have entered into
our free Third Category draws.You have subsequently emerged a winner
and therefore entitled to a substantial amount of(500.000.00
Pounds)which is equivalent to ($917,956.00 USD).Contact our claims
department below for your claims/winnings.

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER:Mr.Perry Moore}on
E-mail:fiduciarydepartment01@live.com
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YOUR WINNING DETAILS
REFERENCE NUMBER:UKL/K5998/U4.
BATCH NUMBER:901/00319/HLP
TICKET NUMBER:023-0148-790-459
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 29

For further information, kindly confirm receipt of this email,by
forwarding this message to our claims department.
==============================================
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
1.FULL NAMES:_____________ 2.ADDRESS:_______________
3.SEX:_______________ 4.AGE:________ 5.MARITAL STATUS:__________
6.OCCUPATION:_____________ 7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:___________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_______ 9.AMOUNT WON:______________
10. COUNTRY________________
==============================================

Sincerely,
Philip Smith
Online Coordinator Free Lotto Sweepstakes

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam