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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "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 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.
  • solomonlee@gawab.com
  • solomonlee@emailaccount.com

Fraud email example:

From: lisawong8@walla.com (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:21:53 +0800
Subject: Winning Notification

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY NLF ONLINE GAME 2006
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF NO.: EGS/2251256003/05
BATCH NO.; 14/0017/1PD
TICKET NO.:AY7484353809NL
WINNING NOTIFICATION

International Lottery wishes to inform you about the results of e-mail Ballot Lottery International Program by Great Britain held on 30th June 2006 for UK citizens and non UK citizens. Your email account has been picked amongst winners. You have therefore been approved to claim one million five hundred and fifty thousand United State Dollar (USD1,550,000.00) only. This is from a total cash price of ten million United State Dollar (USD10,000,000.00) shared amongst the first one hundred (100) lucky winners.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money received. And please remember to quote your reference#, batch #, ticket # and your Lucky # in all correspondence. To file for your claim, please contact our Foreign Service manager for category A Grand premium Lottery Winners (Dr. Solomon Lee) on any of these e-mail addresses;
solomonlee@gawab.com. or solomonlee@emailaccount.com
Note that the said sum has since been deposited with a reputable finance house waiting for the immediate remittance into your nominated bank account. Bonus , this promotion takes place annually and it is sponsor by Bill Gates of Microsoft and Proton Motors Berhad Malaysia encourage the use of internet and computers world wide.
All winner are advice to keep winning information confidential until claim has been processed and money remitted to winners. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claming and unwarranted abuse of this program, for the release of your winning amount, confirm to us the receipt of this notice, to enable us submit you file to our paying bank, for processing and releasing of your fund.
Be informed that your winning prize has a hard cover insurance policy that makes it difficult to deduct a cent until the sum is finally credited into your designated account. In view of the above you are hereby requested to contact this Agency(Dr. Solomon Lee) Foreign Service manager for category A Grand, as soon as possible.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Best regards,
Mrs. Lisa Wong.
Lottery Co-ordinator. Serial No.744604874

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