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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)
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • +447031909130 (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.
  • claimsagentsp006@yahoo.co.uk
  • processingofficer_006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS" <d.davi2007@core.com>
Reply-To: agentsp006@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:32:23 -0400
Subject: Winning No:701/RMD123


<p>AWARD DEPARTMENT <br />FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER, <br />EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS <br />AWARD DEPARTMENT. <br />P O Box 1010,L70 1NL Liverpool, <br />UNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services) <br />Ref: FER/4690/6103/24Batch:245-379-482 <br />Winning No:701/RMD123 <br /><br />NOTIFICATION <br /><br />Attn:WINNER, <br />We happily announce to you the draw of the Bono Lottery International <br />Program held on the 1st of JULY ,2007. Your name \\\&quot;email <br />address\\\&quot;was <br />attached to ticket number; 12324277 serial number 6663817262 This batch<br /><br />draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-9-22-23-24-30 bonus number5, which<br /><br />consequently won the lottery in the second category. <br /><br />You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of £1,500,000<br />(One million,five hundred thousand Pounds)file Ref:FER/8309/1209/26 <br />from <br />the total cash prize of 15,000,000.00 shared amongst ten lucky winners <br />based  on their category. <br /><br />To process
your claims you are hereby <br />advice to contact the The promotions Manager with this information: <br /><br />NAME:.................................. <br />NATIONALITY:............... <br />SEX:................................... <br />PHONE/MOBILE:.......................... <br />FAX:......................... <br />OCCUPATION:......................... <br />BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:............................................ <br />PLEASE CONTACT <br /><br />BARR .Sean Parker <br />Email:<span id="lw_1184201987_0" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">claimsagentsp006@yahoo.co.uk</span><br /><span id="lw_1184201987_1" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">processingofficer_006@yahoo.co.uk</span>   <br />+447031909130.<br /><br />Best Regards <br />Sir Kenneth Anderson III. <br />Co-coordinator <br />GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSE <br />UK NATIONA
L LOTTERY <br />IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF; <br />(Registration Z720633X). </p>

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