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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 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.
  • bemailpromotion@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "British Email Promotion" <email@mail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: bemailpromotion@aim.com
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:48:12 +0000
Subject: YOU JUST WON £820,000

THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
BRITISH EMAIL PROMOTION
35,CLARENCE STREET,
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA,ESSEX
SS1 1BH
*****************************
REF No: BEP/7151257440/06
BATCH No: 21/2011/IPD
*****************************
RE: EMAIL RESULT NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the recent result of
our Email Games Promotion held on 17th of January 2007. Your
E-mail Address attached to ticket number 837/64378381
with serial numbers 783642 drew the lucky numbers
09-13-29-33-49,with bonus ball 02-22 which
consequently won the lottery in the 2nd Prize.

All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 750,000(Seven Hundred and
Fifty Thousand) E-mail Addresses from Asia, Australia,
Middle East, Europe, United State, Canada,
South-America and Africa, as part of our Email
promotion programs which we conduct every year.

You are therefore been approved for the lump sum
payout of £820,000.00(Eight Hundred And Twenty
Thousand Pounds) credited to Account Number
305-73645828.This is from the total cash prize of
£22,750,500.00(Twenty Two Million, Seven Hundred And
Fifty Thousand, Five Hundred Pounds Only) Shared among
the fourteen international winners in different Prize
categories

To begin your claim, please forward your full details
including your full name,full address,direct phone number,
with all your winning details to this e-mail
address:bemailpromotion@aim.com. Please don't hestitate to
contact us for necessary assistance as regards to your
claim and final release of the prize money to your
designated bank account

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers in every correspondence with us.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed within 10 days
from the winning date. After this date the entire fund
will be returned to the INLAND REVENUE as unclaimed.

Congratulations and thank you for being part of our
International promotions program.

Best regards,
Mr Michael Smith(Lottery co-ordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam