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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +34647198733 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • ivanborneutos@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CENTURION TRUST HOLDINGS <trustholdingsinc@netscape.net>
Reply-To: ivanborneutos@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:32:19 +0100
Subject: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION


FROM: THE DESK OF THE AWARDS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
CARDINAL ELECTRONIC LOTTERY INC.
ESPAÑA.
Dear sir/madam,
Notification of your prize winning:
We are pleased to inform you from CARDINAL ELECTRONIC
LOTTERY INC. of the announcement today the 11TH of march,
2006 as one of the lucky winners of the lotto draws held on
the 1ST of march,2006 as part of Our e-business
awareness/promotional
excercise.Participants in the draws were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mail
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New
Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions
Program.You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting
various websites we are running the Electronic-business promotions
for.You/Your Company e-mail address, attached with
REFERENCE NUMBER: BXX-5311/18/05LT BATCH NUMBER:
PIP3350Z with serial number 200018 drew the lucky numbers 70,78,80,84
88,and consequently won our e-business bonanza (2005) lottery draw.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$1,200,000.00 in cash, which is the winning
payout for First category winners. This is from the total
prize money of US$8,400,000.00 shared among the seven winners in the
First category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Due to the mixup that may arise from
emails of winners and numbers,we ask that you keep this award strictly
from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by the public.We hope with a part of your
prize,Year Lottery.To begin your claim,contact our claims Agent.

MR.IVAN BORNEUTOS
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER/CLAIMS MANAGER
CENTURION TRUST HOLDINGS LIMITED.
EMAIL:ivanborneutos@netscape.net
PHONE:+34 647-198-733.

For due processing and remittance of your prize money,
you must contact the claims dept on or before the
30th of MARCH,2006.After this date, all funds
will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers provided below in every one of your
correspondences to the claims dept.
REFERENCE NUMBER: BXX-5311/18/05LT
BATCH NUMBER: PIP3350Z
Also to begin your Claim,send to your claims agent the
following information.
1) BATCH AND REFFERENCE NUMBERS
2) FULL NAMES
3) MAILING ADDRESS
4) PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
5) AGE
6) AMOUNT WON.
7)NATIONALITY
8) I.D NUMBER OR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER.
9) OCCUPATION
Congratulations once again from all our staff.
Sincerely,
Mrs.Elizabeth MARIA
Awards Manager,
SPAIN.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners can result to double claim,as such you could be disqualified.
Do not reply to this mail box ensure to contact your claims
agent immediately either by email or telephone as stated above

Anti-fraud resources:

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