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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.
  • +447040125617 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448717204419 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +44787149818
  • +448717204418 (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.
  • info.securealliedtrust@london.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: pedro dasilva <pedrodasilva32@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:57:14 +0100 (BST)
Subject: SORRY FOR THE LATE RESPONSE CONTACT THE PAYING BANK NOW !!!


The National Lottery
EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE:DEPARMENT
Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland United Kingdom.
TEL: +44 787 149818
FAX: +44 871 720 4419

ATTENTION:WINNER

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT THE LOTTERY IS A TRADITION AND OVER THE YEARS SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS LOTTERY ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE ARE REALLY VERY SORRY FOR OUR LATE RESPONSE TO YOUR WINNINGS,IT WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS WHOLE PROGRAM WENT FOR THREE MONTHS BREAK AFTER THE FIRST BATCH OF WINNERS WERE PAID THIER WINNINGS.
SO WE ARE SORRY FOR ALL THE INCONVINENICES WE MIGHT HAVE OF COST YOU FOR THE PROCESS OF YOUR LOTTERY WINNINGS.BUT AM PLEASED TO INFORM THAT WE ARE BACK TO SERVE OUR THIER WINNERS.
I ALSO WANT TO ASSURE YOU,THAT THIS WHOLE PROGRAM IS NOT A SCAM,BUT JUST A MEDIUM TO HELP COMPUTER USERS AND THE LESS PREVILAGE ONES

NOTE: THE LOTTERY IS AN EMAIL/REWARD /AWARD PROGRAME ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THIS LOTTERY PROGRAM HAVE BEEN SELECTED RANDOMLY THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM OVER 20,000 EMAIL SITE, AND 30,000 NAMES AND EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE PICKED AT RANDOM.

THIS PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR, AND IS BEEN PROMOTED AND SPONSORED BY EMINENT PERSONALITIES LIKE THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI, BILL GATES OF MICROSOFT INC. AND OTHER CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS PROGRAME IS TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND COMPUTER WORLD WIDE OUR ENTIRE FUND IS BEING RAISED FROM COPERATE BODIES, GOVERMENT, NON-GOVERMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS.

FOR SECURITY PURPOSE AND CLARITY, WE ADVICE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATIONS VERY CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR PRIZE MONEY REMITTED TO YOU.

THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMS AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM BY UNSCRUPULOUS INDIVIDUALS.
USE THE INFORMATION BELOW TO CONTACT THE BANK FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT. WRITE DIRECTLY TO THE ACCOUNT OFFICER OF THE BANK, IN CHARGE OF LOTTERY PAYMENT

SECURE ALLIED TRUST INC.
WHITEHALL COURT LONDON, SW1A2EJ ,UNITED KINGDOM
NAME OF ACCOUNTS OFFICER : FRANK SMITH.
EMAIL: info.securealliedtrust@london.com
DIRECT TEL: + +44 704 012 5617
DIRECT FAX: + 44 871 720 4418

NOTE: SEND TO US YOUR FULL NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN PREPARE YOUR WINNING LOTTERY CERTIFICATE.YOU ARE ALSO ADVISED TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE BANK ON THE ISSUE OF REMMITTING YOUR WINNINGS WITH STRICT ADHERANCE.

CONGRATULATIONS,

REV. DA SILVA

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