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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:
  • "diplomatic delivery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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.
  • don_brakman5@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Donald Brakman" <ukw_3338@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <don_brakman5@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:20:18 +0100
Subject: Your Email address has won you US$4.6M



UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATIONTICKET FREE/ONLINE E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNINGS DEPARTMENT.
If you are the correct owner of this email address then be glad this day as the result of the UK lotto online e-mail address draws and sweepstakes held in DUBAI-UNITED ARAB EMIRATE on the 29th of May 2007 has just been released and we are glad to announce to you that your e-mail address has won you the lottery in the first category and you are entitled to claim the sum of US$4,600,000.00
Your email addresses was entered for the online draw on this Ticket Number: APP236566301307 and won on this Lucky Number: MX014926583. You are to contact Mr. Donald Brakman on the below email address: don_brakman5@yahoo.co.uk who will direct you on how to contact the Security and Diplomatic Delivery Company where your won fund of $4.6Million is deposited.
To enable Mr. Donald Brakman ascertain you as the rightful receiver of the $4.6Million, include the below listed information in your contact mail.
Your country, complete official names, address, amount won, ticket and lucky numbers, date/venue of draw, contact telephone, mobile and fax numbers, Age, Sex, occupation and job title].
From:Online Winning Notification Department,UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.
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