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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:
  • "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in fake lottery 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 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.
  • +447031836032 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447045705404 (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.
  • ebsinterprivatebk@accountant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DAVID SMITH <info_agent016@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:37:25 +0100 (BST)
Subject: {Disarmed} VERIFICATION COMPLETED CONTACT PAYOUT BANK FOR YOUR CLAIMS !!!



MERCEDES-BENZ LOTTERY
AWARD DEPARTMENT:
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9 2YP, London,
United Kingdom.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Attention Winner,

This is to inform you that you have fully been cleared a winner of the Mercedes-Benz Lottery Notification. We are happy to inform you that We have deposited your winnings funds to our payout institution in your favour and your car has being shipped with the help of Mercedes-Benz Company and once your Car get to your destination our agent will invite you to claim the car with the shipment paper and Car documents as soon as it get to our Agent in your Country they will direct you, what to do next and you don't have to pay for the shipment, is free of charge from the great Mercedes Benz Automobile Company, you only have to pay for your transfer charges.


Ebs International bank:
122-123 Hockerill Street,
Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire,
CM23 2DL.United.Kingdom
Tel: +44-704-570-5404
Fax: +44-707-502-0586
Email:ebsinterprivatebk@accountant.com

Order Number: ILOL/CB/657252.

You are advised to send the payout institution an e-mail to ( ebsinterprivatebk@accountant.com) for their Transfer. When contacting them, you are to include this order number (ILOL/CB/657252_MERCEDES-BENZ ) as your subject. Please you are advised to write down the order number and save it for future reference.

Note: You are to Quote your complete Names, Reference Number,Scret Pin Code, Amount Won, and your direct phone number to enable them Honor your letter and as soon as the payout Bank contact you quickly update us via email for the next action.

Feel free to inform me with your dealings with the payout institution should incase any delay and the Lottery Manager(Mr. Henry Hills) said that we should informed all our winners to keep their winnings information very well to avoid unwanted claims or double claims within the claiming period which stipulated in this promotion.

Also you should give in your telephone number to help locate your file easily.For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your Price has been released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Once again congratulations from our members of staff !!
Yours faithfully,

Mr.Devid Smith,
Processing Officer
Tel:+447031836032
+447035903132.















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