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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 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.
  • +447045781042 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • flyemirateclaims@winning.com
  • flyemirateclaims@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Schmick, Amanda M" <AMSchmic2032@winona.edu>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:31:47 -0500
Subject: CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER (flyemirateclaims@yahoo.com.hk)

FLY EMIRATE LOTTERY PROMOTION
234 Drayton Park,Islington,
London N5 1BU,United Kingdom.
Email: flyemirateclaims@winning.com<mailto:flyemirateclaims@winning.com>

We announce with pleasure that you have emerged as winner of £250,000.00 & 2 return tickets to any anywhere in the world in the ongoing FLY EMIRATE end of year Lottery ballot draws held on 21ST October 2008. Be informed that you are among 5individuals/private companies selected by our computer ballot system and have scaled through all three draws of the FLY EMIRATE end of year Lottery.

In line with all Lottery Regulations, the Fly Emirate Lottery Group collects all the email addresses of the people that are customers and non customer who are active on line, among the millions that subscribed to Internet we only select five individuals/private companies as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

By our procedures, you were allocated to lottery ticket number 76-1102-103. Ballot 1 and ballot 2 numbers are 1102/545 and 1102/73 respectively, with serial number AA5/120920 participants were selected from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia,Africa, Europe,USA and North America as part of our International Promotions Program with middle east, which is conducted annually.

However you will have to submit the below in formations to the events manager.Kindly call to confirm your prize:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
NATIONALITY:
RESIDENCE COUNTRY:
MOBILE TEL NO:
LAND LINE NUMBER:
DATE OF BIRTH:
OCCUPATION:
LOTTERY TICKET NUMBER:

CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER
Name:Mr Gary Coleman
E-mail:flyemirateclaims@yahoo.com.hk
Tel No: +44 704 578 1042

Be advised that this lottery regulations prohibit you from publicly disclosing your winning until you have received your prize money. This is for security reasons and to avoid cases of multiple claims processing. The Lotto Fly Emirate holds exclusive right to terminate your claims processing upon any breach of this condition. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our international lotto program.

NOTE:Everything relating to this lottery pro gramme has been awarded to the lottery Department so all winners are hereby advised to contact the Agent in charge.

Regards,
Schmick, Amanda M.
P.R.O

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