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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +34687193286 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-15?Q?stefano_m=FCller?= <17infomail@web.de>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:02:27 +0200
Subject: {Disarmed} CONGRATULATIONS!!!






You won $420,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!=20
(Yahoo! Mail) Messenger=20
YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY(arabtrans@arabtrans.com src=3D"http://www.arabtrans.=
com/email.gif) [http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=3Darabtra=
ns@arabtrans.com]
CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU WON $420,000.00!=20

Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is random=
ly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes =
from us.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (Four=
Hundred And twenty Thousand US Dollars) ($420,000.00) for the month of MAY=
Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo.messenger.com [http://ya=
hoo.messenger.com/] every month. YAHOO! collects all the mail id of the peo=
ple that are online on yahoo messenger, among the millions that subscribe t=
o yahoo messenger we only select five people every month as our winners thr=
ough electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congrat=
ulating you for been one of the people selected.All participant were select=
ed through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-m=
ail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle E=
ast, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program whi=
ch is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinati=
onal companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in th=
e commmunities where they have operational base. Further more your details(=
e-mail address) falls within our Spanish representative office in Spain, as=
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $420,000.00 USD will be re=
leased to you from this regional branch office in Spain.
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year hi=
gh stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers....................... Batch number..=
...................Lwh 09445 Lotto number.......................Lwh09446 Wi=
nning number...................Lwh09447 To begin your claims, kindly contac=
t your claims Agent;Dr Jose Garcia of DUMEX SEGUROS MADRID SPAINEmail:dmexs=
eguros@aim.comTele:<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX =3D SKYPE /><SKYPE:SPAN onmouseup=
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PAN class=3Dskype_tb_imgS_stat id=3Dskype_tb_img_s0></SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPA=
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:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=3Dskype_tb_imgR id=3Dskype_tb_img_r0></SKYPE:SPAN><=
/SKYPE:SPAN> You are required to forward him with the following details: 1.=
FULL NAME2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN3.PRESENT ADDRESS4.SEX5.DATE OF BIRTH6.AGE 7.OC=
CUPATION8.TELEPHONE NUMBER9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)10.MARITAL STATUS11.WINNING N=
UMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.12 THE MONTH YOU WON......13 AMOUNT WO=
N................... As soon as you contact the Agent, he will advise you o=
n what to do in order to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!! =
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confid=
ential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize release=
d to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming an=
d unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unof=
ficial personnel. Yours Sincerely, [http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/_ja=
vascript:Zoom(290075)]
Dr. MOORE (PHD)LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.The Yahoo.com [http://yahoo.com/] staff
http://www.yahoo.com [http://www.yahoo.com/]=20


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