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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.
  • +447011148707 (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_peteryansmith@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mryahpeters@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "janevanroy@yahoo.co.uk" <janevanroy@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:27:27 +0900
Subject: Complete this prize winner notification form

THE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
BMW LAND Automobiles
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom


Office of Prize Disbursement (OPD)


RE: PRIZE WINNER NOTICE - OFFICIAL DISPATCH LETTER

Dear Prize Winner,


This is to inform you that have been selected for a cash prize of £2
,600,000.00( Two Million Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds)
International programs held on the 30th of May 2006 in the London Uk.


The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system (ess) from a database of over 250,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.


The BMW LAND Cars Promotional Lottery is approved by the British Gaming
Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming
Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is entry free which NO TICKETS ARE PURCHASED
and we intend to sensitize the public. .


Please take the time to review this notification and note the terms of
expiration 30-12-2006.


To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims
officer through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:
================================================================
Mr. Peter Yan Smith,
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom
Email: info_peteryansmith@yahoo.co.uk
Email: mryahpeters@aim.com
TEL: +44 70111 48707
Time to call(10am to 5pm London time GMT )

================================================================
contact him, please provide him with your secret pin code BMW:7pwyz2006
and your reference number BMW:2551256003/23.You are also advised to provide
him with the under listed information as soon as possible:



Claims Requirements:
1.Name in full.............................................................
.................

2.Address..................................................................
...................

3. Nationality.............................................................
..................

4. Age.....................................................................
........................

5.Occupation...............................................................
...............

6.Phone/Fax................................................................
...............

7. Present Country.........................................................
............
==================================================================

Please indicate \"X\" for the option you want your prize remitted to you.
Listed are the options of receiving prize payment.

(1) BY COURIER DELIVERY OF YOUR PRIZE:
.............................................. [.....]

(2) BANK PAYMENT TRANSFER|TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER|SWIFT TRANSFER|ONLINE
ACCOUNT TRANSFER........ {.....}


PAYMENT APPROVAL PROCESS:
-------------------------
Submitted Form will be manually verified and processed by the assigned
Claims Processing Officer (CPS) The Processing of your form will be
completed within the next 12 hours of receiving your LOTTERY CLAIMS
APPLICATION FORM-C. You will receive an update on the status of your
application once completely processed.

DENIAL OF APPLICATION:
---------------------
Please be informed that the following listed Country have been banned from
participating in the lottery. Vietnam, Iraq, South Africa, Nigeria,
Venezuela and North Korea if you are a resident of the listed country you
cannot file claims for this lottery prize. Please delete this Notification
as your prize processing will be annulled without notice.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Regards

Mr. Peter Yan Smith
Director, Award Disbursement Center
===========================================================================
==================================================
2006 BMWLAND BV. All rights reserved. Offer valid to winners who are at
least 18 years of age. Void where prohibited. No purchase necessary to claim
winning prize. You will need to meet all of the steps to redeem as outlined
in the Terms & Conditions before you can receive your promotional prizes.

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