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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.
  • +447024071808 (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.
  • waynes_claimsagent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "national lottery" <contactlottery_agent9@msn.com>
Reply-To: waynes_claimsagent@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:41:34 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

  E.A.A.S Lottery

  175 Woodhill Road

  kidbrooke,se3 9nn

  london, uk.

  Date:28:1:2007

 

 Dear Winner,

 

 Your ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05  drew the lucky number: 22

 

 Congratulations, you have just won yourself $2.5 million USD in the satellite software email lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by software powered by the Internet.You email address was amongst those chosen this quarter and you are to contact our Financial Controller for Clearance. Here are the contact info:

 

 Financial controller:

 Mr Brick Waynes

 Email: waynes_claimsagent@yahoo.co.uk

 phone no:+447024071808

 

 

 You are to forward the following details to enable us clear your file for immediate payment:

 

 1.Full Names:

 2.Address: 

 3.Age:

 4.Sex: 

 5.Marital Status: 

 6.Occupation:  

 7.Phone and fax numbers :

 8.Country:

 Yours faithfully,

  Sir Williams ben.

 Cyber Analyst

United Kingdom

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