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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.
  • +447011139365 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: BMW LOTTERY PROMO <bmwclaims_unit002@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:05:33 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: VERIFICATION FORM (FILL AND RETURN).



THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom.
Reference Number: BMW/2551256003/23.




Dear Winner,

Congratulations once again from all the staff here. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over a million email addresses from the world wide web drawn from all the continents of the world

In order to verify your winnings, we need your particulars for verification and record purposes. See the verifications form below, please fill accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings.Once again congratulations from all the staff. You are required to quote your refrence number for verification purposes . Please be rest assured that your personal details will be kept unpublished unless otherwise stated by you.


Provide me with the information below:

1.Name:..............................................................................
2.Address:...........................................................................
3.Marital Status:...................................................................
4.Occupation:.......................................................................
5.Age:..................................................................................
6.Sex:..................................................................................
7.Nationality:.......................................................................
8.Country Of Residence:........................................................
9.State province:..................................................................
10.Telephone Number:............................................................
11.Fax Number:....................................................................



Regards.
Mr. Allen Kegan.
Claims Manager,
Tel:+44 701 113 9365
BMW Claims Department,
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, UK.
THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2006. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.



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