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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "20 craven park, harlesden" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "top of the day to you" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +447024065773 (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.
  • credit_suissbankltd@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Online Cyber Lottery <onlinecyberlotterypromo1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:01:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONTACT OUR PAYING BANK IMMEDIATELY FOR TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER OF AWARD PRIZE FUNDS.


Online Cyber Lottery
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10
United Kingdom.
Ref NO: EH 9590 OG 0612
Batch NO:563881545-NL/2006
Attn : Adalwolf Nachthagen,

Top of the day to you. We are in receipt of your mail and your information as given. Note that your information have been forwarded to our Paying Bank for Immediate transfer.

You are requested to contact our paying bank so that they can issue your winning check to you.

Below is the contact information of our paying Bank. You are expected to contact them today as regards to the transfer of your won funds to you.

CREDIT SUISS BANK PLC:
Address: 31-32, Holdorn ,
City of London, EC1H2HR
Contact Person: Mr Garry Campbell,
Online Banking Division,
Tel: +44 702 406 5773
Email: credit_suissbankltd@yahoo.co.uk

We would want you to contact our Paying Bank today and make enquiry as regards to the transfer of your winnings to you with you winnings informations,

* Batch Number
* Refference Number
* Your Full Name
* Your Mailing Address
* Tel: and
* A Scanned copy of your ID for proper identification

Do update us as regards to the transfer. Thank you for your understanding.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Pieter Henk
Dispatch Officer
Phone: +44 701 112 7907
+44 701 113 0937
Online Cyber Promotion


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