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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• 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.
  • +447031923366 (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.
  • h_iltionlondon@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. MARY J.HAYES" <h_iltionlondon@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 08:56:47 -0400
Subject: OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT

OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT

Hilton Hotel, London Metropole.
225 Edgware Road, London,
United Kingdom. W2 1JU
Tel: +44 - 70-3192-3366
Fax: +44-20-7724 8866.
Hours of Operation: 7:00 am - 7:00 pm CST, Mondays - Sundays.

THE Hilton Hotel, London, is offering employment opportunity to Men and Women Who Can Work And Live here In Hilton Hotel, London. The Hotel will pay for your flight ticket(s) to London.

To receive full employment/ information package, please contact us on
E-Mail h_iltionlondon@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam