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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)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447045701844 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447011133390 (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.
  • citytrustbankplc_02@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: NOKIA COMPANY ONLINE PROMOTION <nokiaonlinepromo@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:04:56 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear Winner (Contact Paying Bank)


NOKIA COMPANY ONLINE
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD.
22 Garden Close,PE9 2YP, London
REF N0:NCOP-A/2007-26937
BATCH N0:14/0017/1PD

Dear Winner,

According to the notification that you received, i want you to know that your E-mail address was selected among the 5 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 Pounds each on the NOKIA COMPANY ONLINE PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD, however I also want you to know that the selection process was carried out through random selection in our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. However no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

Note this Promotion is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR).

To this end I am pleased to announce to you that after the verification process conducted by the Administrative department and promotions department your payment of the £1,000,000.00 Pounds Sterling have been Sign and approved, and this funds has been deposited in an escrow account with our affiliate bank (CITY TRUST BANK LONDON) here in London, and insured with your ticket number.

For prompt collection of your Winnings Fund from the designated bank you are therefore been advice to make contact with the Bank by sending your Winning Contacy Code (AQ11WWRZZA1) and other details below to the
Account Officer in possition of the Winnings Funds.

*Name :--------------------------------
*Address:------------------------------
*Nationality:----------------------------
*Country Of Residence:----------------
*Sex:-----------------------------------
*Tel: -----------------------------------
*Occupation:---------------------------
*Age: ----------------------------------
*Ref No:--------------------------------
*Batch No:------------------------------
*Winning Contacy Code:----------------

Please you are advice to contact the Bank with the above details so that they can immediately Attend to you.

Here is the Contact details of the Bank.

Bank Name : CITY TRUST BANK LONDON.
Account Officer: Mr.Frank Page
Tel: (+44) 701-113-3390, +44-704-570-1844
Fax: 00-44-870 -974- 1620
Email: citytrustbankplc_02@yahoo.co.uk

Contact them and get Back to us If you Need More Details or any assiatance from us.

Congratulations once more

Yours faithfully,
Mr.Jackson Thomas.
Promotion Manager.


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