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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • edwarddavid_2007@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lottouk promo <monika_wilbur_2006_88@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dewarddavid001@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:50:53 +0000
Subject: RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION


HRM LOTTO PROMOTIONS UKFROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENTHRM LOTTO PROMOTIONS UK.
AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,of winners of the HRM LOTTO PROMOTIONSUK.INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on MAY 11TH, 2007,were our winners were listed in which your ticket has been confirmed to have won the SWEEPSTAKES for this year.You / your company, attached to Ticket Number 025-1146-1992-750, with Batch Number 14/00455/IPD.drew the lucky numbers 025-1146-1992-750, and consequently won in category B.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$3,500,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO: HRM/25512561969/22 This is from total prize money of US$21,000,000.00 shared among the six(6) international winnersin the category B. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand,America, Asia, Europe,USA and North America as part of our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security House and insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.To begin your claim you have been zoned for payment via the UK office of our organisation,thereore,contact your Claims Settlement Officer immediately:
CLAIMS SETTLEMENT OFFICER,EDWARD DAVIDHRM LOTTO PROMOTIONS UK.EMAIL: edwarddavid_2007@hotmail.com
You are also expected to Call the payment coordinator via his direct telephone line also below stated:Tel:+44-799-972-3494 In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as possible.Also for the purpose of ensuring prompt processing,Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of this promotion.
Sincerely,
MONIKA WILBUR-STEINBURGER.Vice President,HRM LOTTO PROMOTIONS LONDON, UK.
N.B. For Reason of Security after the Terrorist treat in London Recently,all winners are not to inform any third party of their won amount till they have been paid their claim.Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result in immediate disqualification.

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