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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.
  • +447011129416 (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.
  • claimsagentmichealsmith@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY LOTTERY PROMO <winningnotificationsawardsdept@web.de>
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:33:14 +0100
Subject: REF:BMWP:556543450906 (YOU ARE A WINNER)




Dear Winner,
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £500,000.00 (Five hundred Great British pounds) and brand new BMW 5 Series Car in this year BMW LOTTERY PROGRAMME.Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address withTicket number: 5647600545188 and serial number: BMWP/556543450906 was randomly selected as the star prize winner amongst other consolation prize winners.To claim your prize Contact the claim office with the underlisted informations as soon as possible:
Name,
Address,
Country,
Age,
Sex,
Occupation,
Phone, Fax.
==========================================
Mr. MICHEAL SMITH
Phone:+447011129416
+447045713299

Email: claimsagentmichealsmith@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:claimsagentmichealsmith@yahoo.co.uk]
=======================================
Engr. Kenny Bunch
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
BMW AUTOMOBILE.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2006. ALL RIGHTS.



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