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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.
  • +447024078301 (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.
  • drfranklin_yhooagent@yahoo.com
  • infoagent026@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Carole Williams <lotteryaward206@mail.ru>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:09:02 +0400
Subject: YAHOO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICAITON




--> Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom Dear Winner, We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 22nd July 2006 from the YAHOO! International Lottery Program. Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses, your e-mail was attached to ticket number 47061725 07056490902, serial number 7741137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum of US$1,000,000 .00(DOLLARS)in cash credit file ref ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US$20,000,000.00(DOLLARS) shared amongst 20(twenty) lucky winners in this category.All participant were selected through a sorting and filtering program designed by Dr Philip Emegwali from 50,000,000 (fifty million) e-mail addresses from the web. This is part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually to promot!
e the use of the internet with the world as a global village. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by YAHOO! We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.PLEASE CONTACT OUR UK PAYOFFICER DR FRANKLIN KUBAR, SOUTHAMPTON,Email address: drfranklin_yhooagent@yahoo.com (mailto:drfranklin_yhooagent@yahoo.com) or infoagent026@gmail.com (mailto:infoagent026@gmail.com) Mobile+447024078301, +447024072347 With the following you're following particulars Security Code: AL/FEB/XX01 Ref: 4758961725
Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188Winning no: FGNGB2701/LPRSECURITYFor security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed otherwise the funds will be given to charity.Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of YAHOO! Thank you for being part of this promotional email lottery program.
Yours Sincerely, Dr Mrs. Zainab Myna Yahoo! 2006 Lottery program 4 Buckingham Palace Rd London United Kingdom

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