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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.
  • +447031959713 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mari Parafioriti Drago" <mdrago@din.din.unipa.it>
Reply-To: <williammsmmccarthy008@live.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:22:14 -0600
Subject: N/A


POWERBALL ONLINE LOTTERY
Ref No: PBLUK/67C-563MJ/K
Batch: 5694KI/WINFREE

We announce to you the winners of the POWER BALL MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO
WINNINGS PROGRAMS held on 9th, December 2008. your personal e-mail
address,attached to winning number 5 33 36 39 55 21, With serial number
647489,consequently won you £850,000.00 POUNDS in the Tenth lottery
category. REF;NO:PBLUK/67C-563MJ/K and winning number, 5 33 36 39 55
21,all participants were selected through our Power Ball computer ballot
system drawn form 42,000,Names,6,000 names from each continent, to claim
your winning Price, you must first contact the claims department by email
for Processing and remittance of your Price money to you.The claims
process information's are listed below:

(CONTACT EVENT MANAGER)
Contact Name : Sir Williams McCarthy
Tel : +44 703 195 9713
+44 703 195 0531
Fax: +44 700 593 8766
E-mail: williammsmmccarthy008@live.com

Claims Requirements:
1.Full Name..............
2.Address:...............
3.Sex....................
4.Age:...................
5.Occupation:............
6.Phone:.................
7.State: ................
8.Country:...............
9. Batch No:.............
10. Ref No ..............
11 .Winning No:..........

Sincerely,
Mrs. Maurine Diane H.
Online Coordinator.

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