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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:
  • "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +668164212971 (Thailand, probably a mobile phone)
• 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.
  • coordnator1_ken@yahoo.co.th
  • coordinator_kane@walla.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "southeast asia int'l lottery org" <southeastorg031@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <coordinator1_ken@yahoo.co.th>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:04:57 +0000
Subject: Your email/name was attached to winning number 242 433 523 739 From
GOVERNMENT PROMO BANGKOK, THAILA















GOVERNMENT LOTTERY OFFICE
Bangkok,Thailand.
http://www.glo.or.th

From:The Desk of the CEOGlolotto annual lottery promoWinning number:242 433 523 739
Serial net batch number:836393



ATTENTION: CONGRATULATIONS!

RE: PRIZE/AWARD NOTIFICATION.
Dear Winner,
Congratulations, you have been selected as one of the lucky winners in our annual end of year lottery promotion through our internet balloting email extracting and screening machine, your application was applied and processed by our internet balloting email extracting and screening machine which randomly extracts and screens millions of email addresses around the world.

This lottery promotion is held annually as part of glolotto end of the year lottery promotions. You are the 2nd among our 25 lucky winners and you are therefore been awarded a lump sum payout of USD 1,000,000.00 (One Million United State Dollars).


In this regards you are advised to forward the following requirements urgently to our coordinator Mr. Kane Iva by email scanning attachments for faster processing, to enable us begin the processing of your winning documents and money transfer:



Name: Mr. ChanEmail:coordnator1_ken@yahoo.co.th
coordinator_kane@walla.com
WEBSITE: http://www.glo.or.th
Telephone: +66 816421297


(1.) Write in full, your telephone number, postal and residential address.(2.) Scanned copy of your recent passport photograph.(3.) Scanned copy of the main information page of your national passport or I’d card or driving licensed.

NOTE THAT YOUR WINNING MONEY IS COVERED WITH HARDCOVER INSURANCE POLICY, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from your winning MONEY before remitting to you. This means that the charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before remitting your winning cheque to you, due to that no one is authorized to cash your cheque on your behalf.
Sincerely,

MANAGEMENTGlolotto Head office




RECENT
$1.000,000.00 WINNERS!





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