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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.
  • +447045701460 (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.
  • joyjackpot75@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: Emmanuela Cole <coordinator@jackpotjoycoordinator.co.uk.tt>
Reply-To: robertunnell757@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:02:02 +0200
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION



Dear Promotional Winner,

We are happy to announce you as one of our lucky winners in our first ever
Jackpot Joy promotion. This promotion was carried out to announce our
emergence as one of the fastest growing lottery companies worldwide.

Your inclusion into this promotion was made possible by your
personal/official email, which was selected from a wide range of emails by
our new JAVA-based software.You have therefore been selected for a large
sum of ?460,000.00 Great British Pounds. You are to contact the below
agent for remittance of your prize money to you.

Mr. Robert Funnell
Email: joyjackpot75@gmail.com
Tel: +44-704-570-1460

You are to forward your winning number, which is lucky 10 along with the
below information to the above agent via email immediately:

1. Name in full:
2. Address:
3. Phone/Fax:
4. Occupation:

Note: Remember to include your winning number (lucky 10) to avoid
complications.Have a fun filled day.

Emmanuela Cole (Mrs),
Jackpot joy.

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