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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
  • "cheques " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447014215133 (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.
  • gusdou5030@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: davidmejias@comcast.net (Mr. David Mejias)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:51:23 +0000
Subject: UK-LOTTO ORGANIZATION

UK-LOTTO ORGANIZATION
Online Winnings/Notification Department
Ref Number: 1648UK
Batch Number: B522XG
Tel: +44-70142 15133
Tel: +44-70142 15151


LOTTERY WINNINGS NOTIFICATION OF US$4.2M

We happily announce to you the result of the U.K Lotto rganization's online draws and sweepstakes program held in Phnom Penh Cambodia on the 29th of August 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket umber:3492453964646EQ with Serial number: 546-532829 drew the lucky numbers:32-90-58-454-74 which subsequently won you the lottery in the first category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$4.2M (Four Million,Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file CDY/26487710-65.This is from a total cash prize of US$42,000,000.00 shared amongst the firstTen (10) lucky winners in this category.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer online draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.

The below courier company has been given the contract to deliver all our winners cheques from the first to last category.WORLD DELIVERY EXPRESS LTD CAMBODIA , Address #45 Suramarit Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Contact Agent:Mr. Gus Dou (Director of Operations and logistics) Email address:( gusdou5030@yahoo.co.in ) You are to contact Mr. Gus Dou on the above email address for quick delivery of your Uk-Lotto certfied winnings cashiers cheque. In your contact mail to Mr. Gus Dou, state/include the following:

-Your age
-Your country
-Your Sex
-Your Occupation
-Your indentification Card
- Your complete official names
-Your contact telephone, mobile and fax numbers
-Your address where you wish to receive your winnings cheque
- Your Ref Number and Batch Numbers
-Your Ticket Number and Lucky Numbers
-Your Serial and File Numbers

Do not be scared of anything happening to your winnings cheque with the WORLD DELIVERY EXPRESS LTD CAMBODIA as all the cheques was processed in a such a way that no sum can be deducted from it till it gets to the beneficiary/winner's address and deposited in any bank of choice in your country or any in any part of the world for onward payment by the bank.For safety measures and to avoid fruadulent claims you are adviced to keep all about your winnings information and notification confidential and away from all third parties till your cheque arrives your address and cashed.


Sincerely.
MR DAVID MEJIAS
Online Co-ordinator/Notification Officer
UK-LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
Sweepstakes International Program

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