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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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.
  • infoclaimaward1960@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ULTIMATE AWARD <ula21960@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <infoclaimaward1960@o2.pl>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:47:31 -0400
Subject: FROM INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS DEPT





INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS DEPTULTIMATE E-LOTTERY US/UK LOTTERY NOTIFICATION.Dear Winner,THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE AWARD LOTTERY WINNING FUND IS TO BE RELEASED, VIA KEY TESTED TRANSFER (KTT) WIRE TRANSFER TO YOU, IT IS PERTINENT TO NOTE THAT AN ISSUE OF THIS MAGNITUDE SHOULD HAVE COMMENCED WITH A FORMAL MEETING, BUT DUE TO THE TIME FACTOR AND THE URGENCYTHIS MATTER REQUIRES, PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR MAKING THE INITIAL CONTACT THROUGH E-MAIL.MEAN WHILE, A MAN WITH U.S PASSPORT NUMBER 3028882234 CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH A LETTER, CLAIMING TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE.HERE IS THE PERSON’S INFORMATION BELLOW:NAME DENIS MARIONBANK NAME:CITI BANKBANK ADDRESS:ARIZONA, USA.ACCOUNT NUMBER: 6503809008.PLEASE, DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE, AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS MAN IS FROM YOU, SO THAT THIS OFFICE WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THIS AWARD LOTTERY WINNING FUND INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT.FURTHERMORE,IF THIS MAN IS NOT YOUR TRUE REP,YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FILL AND RETURN THIS INFORMATION FOR VERIFICATION PURPOSES SO THAT YOUR AWARD LOTTERY WINNING FUND VALUED US$500,000.00(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND) DOLLARS ONLY WILL BE REMITTED INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.THIS FUND IS AS A RESULT OF LOTTERY AWARD NOTIFICATION WHICH OUR COMPANY HELD SOME MONTHS AGO AND YOUR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS WAS FOUND IN OURCOMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM AS ONE OF THE WINNERS,WHICH WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO COME AND CLAIM YOUR WINNINGS. 1. YOUR NAME:................................ First.... Last...2. YOUR ADDRESS:.............................3. YOUR TELEPHONE ...........................5. AGE.......................................6. SEX:......................................7. YOUR OCCUPATION...........................AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE ABOVE INFORMATION, WE SHALL COMMENCE WITH ALL NECESSARY PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO TRANSFER THIS FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THROUGH OUR PAYING BANK WHERE YOU’RE WINNING FUND WAS DEPOSITED.WE SHALL PROCEED WITH THE PAYMENT DETAILS TO THE SAID MR DENIS MARION,IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT THREE WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY THE FUND WILL BE REMITTED TO MR DENIS MARION AND THIS BANK WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. BEST REGARDS.MR CHARLES HARRISON (Lottery Coordinator)PLEASE IF YOU WANT TO CLAIM YOUR FUND YOUR SELF KINDLY RETURN THIS EMAIL VIA ...... (infoclaimaward1960@o2.pl)
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