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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.
• 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.
  • 00447031958874
• 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.
  • praischester@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JIM BLAKE <jim_lakeclaimofficer@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:53:44 +0100 (BST)
Subject: {Disarmed} Dear Lucky Winner,


#message250647741106972714510844162786441084 { overflow:auto; visibility:hidden }

Dear Lucky Winner,

We acknowledge the reciept of your complete information from the claim department and all required informations was confirmed. We wish to congratulate you once more for being a winner in this lotto draw. Kindly be informed that a winning certificate has been issued to you to authenticate your winning. Your information has been forwarded to the paying bank for process and dispatch of your winning prize.

You are required to call the paying bank with the information below for immediate transfer of your winning sum:

Bank Information
Remittance Manager: DR. PRAISE CHESTER
Bank Name:HSBC BANK LONDON
Bank tel:0044-7031958874
Bank tel:0044-7031958977
Bank tel:0044-7031959188
Bank fax;0044-8704909047
Bank fax:0044-8704799957
email: praischester@yahoo.com

Kindly contact the bank with the above information so that the bank will process and transfer your winning prize as soon as possible.We wish to remind you that any prize that is not claimed after 10 days of notification will be rolled back into our next lotto draw.

Do not Hesitate to contact me should you need more information.

Yours Sincerely,
Jim Blake








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