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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:

• 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.
  • +447031947273 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "job.offer207@virgin.net" <job.offer207@virgin.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:43:35 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE A WINNER






Ref No:LC/09170AC, Dear Winner,Welcome to BMW & SINO CAR COMPANY yearly raffle draw and You have been selected among a raffle draw winner of The BMW X5 4.8is in our database as a winner of the car.

As the No.1 Vehicle Re-marketing Company Our Car covers 5,000 square meters and warehouse and offices. With an annual business volume of USD10,000,000 and a registered capital of USD 600,000, we are exporting to clients in America, Canada and Europe country.Please forward the following information so that our company can prepare a receipt of ownership.(1)FULL NAMES(2)FULL ADDRESS(3)DIRECT PHONE NUMBER(4)OCCUPATIONHowever, once you receive acknowledgment of receipt issued from our sales department then you will be contacted by our financial payment details to issue you a check which you will use in payment for the shipment by our group.Note:Endeavor to indicate your reference number as above in all of your correspondence with us. Here is the review of your price http://www.bmwusa.com/vehicles/X5/48is/gallery.htmALL PAYMENT AND TAX WILL BE HANDLE BY OUR COMPANY FINANCIAL PAYMENT DEPARTMENT.Upon receipt of your mail we will inform you on the next step to follow as regards to your car collection.Congratulations!!!!Mr Roland Williams.Promotion/Sales Manager.BMW & SINO CAR COMPANY.No.1 505 Staines Road, Bedfont,Middlesex, TW13 8BN, UKTel: +44 703 194 7273Fax: +44 709 286 8154

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