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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:
  • "claims director" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447031954176 (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.
  • riseupfoundation@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: WICK LAMBERTS <riseupfoundation@freenet.de>
Reply-To: riseupfoundation@excite.com
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:55:04 +0200
Subject: RISEUPFOUNDATION CONGRATULATES YOU!


Rise-up Foundation
Promotion Department
122 Chapel Street
London E2 7QA.
United Kingdom.

Dear Esteemed Winner,

RE: Annual Promo Notification 2006
This notification is to inform you about the Rise-up
Foundation annual Promotional Lottery draws. Your
email
address attached to ticket No: 9101377515/RF has won
you a total sum of £800,000:00 (Eight Hundred Thousand
Pounds Sterling) in Category 1.
This is from total prize money of £3,950,000.00 shared
amongst winners in Category 1-7. The email addresses
used for the promo was extracted from 14,000 company
e-mail address and 810,000 individual e-mail addresses
through a computer online draw database system.
The said fund has been deposited with a reputable Bank
in United Kingdom. Due to mix up and conflict of some
numbers and names, we normally ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has
been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants.
If you are interested in processing your prize, please
contact the promo Coordinator with the information
below:
Wick Lamberts (PhD)
Tel: +44-703-195-4176
E-mail: riseupfoundation@excite.com
Rise-up Foundation,
Endeavour to quote your Ticket Number and Category in
all your correspondence with the promo Coordinator.
Please be aware that your Paying Authority will Effect
Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, For due
processing and remittance of your winning prize to
designated account of your choice, please treat as
urgent and all reply must be via email as to ensure
the
legibility.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform the Claims director as soon as
possible. Note that all winning must be claimed not
later than two weeks after this notification. After
two
weeks, funds will be included in the next stake.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff
and
thank you for being
part of our Promotional Lottery Draws.
Note: Anybody under the age of 19 is automatically
disqualified.
Faithfully Yours,
Mrs. Cristobel Maxwell
Public Relation Officer (PRO)
PS: Do not reply to the Public Relation Officer (PRO),
kindly reply to the promo Coordinator
(riseupfoundation@excite.com)
----------------------------------------
Confidential: This email and any files transmitted
with
it are confidential and are intended solely for the
use
of the individual or entity to whom they are
addressed.
This communication represents the originator's
personal
views and opinions, which do not necessarily reflect
those of the RISEUP FOUNDATION. If you are not the
original recipient or the person responsible for
delivering the email to the intended recipient, be
advised that you have received this email in error,
and
that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or
copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you
received this email in error, please immediately
notify
infodesk@r-foundation.co.uk

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