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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:
  • ",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 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.
  • sandymcevans@ace-mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Wayne Platt <wayneplatt6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <sandymcevans@ace-mail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:51:53 +0000
Subject: You have won 3 million pounds in our annual lottery promo




THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
CUSTOMER SERVICE,
*******************************************
28 TANFIELD ROAD,CROYDON. LONDON
*******************************************
ATTN: WINNER,
WINNING NOTIFICATION.
This is to inform you that you have emerged one of the Lucky winners in our Annual lottery promotion.
This is an internet based draw on email addresses drawn from over a 100,000,000 net users worldwide.
Your Email address was attached to Ref: KPC/9080118308/02/TCA ,Batch: 12/25/0034 ticket number: 564 75600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers:
31- 6- 26- 13- 45- 7, and bonus number 18 which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
3,000,000.00 (THREE MILLION POUND STERLING) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02/TCA. You have by this mail won the sum of 3 million pounds
To claim this money please send the underlisted info to
FULL NAME:
SEX:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
NATIONALITY:
ACCOUNT NUMBER TO RECEIVE THE MONEY OR OTHER MEANS
YOU PREFER :
******************************************************************
Name : Mrs. Sandy Mcevans
E-mail:sandymcevans@ace-mail.com
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Department,
London, United Kingdom
******************************************************************
CONGRATULATIONS.
Wayne Platt



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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam