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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447030403603 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Davis Rogers" <davisrogers@tri-starsecurityuk.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:19:31 +0000
Subject: RE: UK lottery


The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
100,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet from various
continents of the world. No tickets were sold.
Tickets were attached to individual email addresses from this address list,
then a computer ballot was drawn.
Eight email addresses out of the 100,000 used in this draw emerged winners,
one for first category (entitled to 5m.GBP), three for the second category
(which you fall in), and four for the third category (entitled to 1m.GBP
each).
This promotional program takes place every year. This lottery was promoted
and sponsored by
Association of software producers worldwide headed by Mr. Bill Gates, and it
is meant to encourage the use of microsoft worldwide.

Dear winner,

I am in receipt of your email and i will like you to state your
REFERENCE NUMBER and INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY CODE NUMBER.

Best regards,

Mr. Davis Rogers
Foreign department manager,
TRI-STAR SECURITY UK,
25 WOOD STREET,
WARWICKSHIRE CV37 6JF
LONDON UK.
FAX: +44-70-304-03603
TEL: +44-70-401-17541.



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