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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "arena complex km 18 route de rufisque" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
  • "route de rufisque" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +447045713448 (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.
  • agent_revmahoney@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JACK HOLLAND <jack_holland10@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 04:17:29 +0000
Subject:
=?iso-8859-1?Q?cogratulations!!!!_your_email_have_won_BP=A3250,000_00?=


Lottery Zonal co-coordinato treet,Sacramento, CA 85914,An Affiliate of Charity International.Arena Complex Km 18 Route de Rufisque,I.P.P Award Department,United Kingdom.Tel:+447045713448Tel:+447045713452 Dear Sir / Madam, We
happily announce to you the draw of 2007 Uk National Sweepstakes
Lottery International Program held on the 1st of OCTOBER, 2007 in United Kingdom .Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number:577-744-3465-E77 with serial
number: 652-662 and draw lucky number:7181813-05 which subsequently won
you lottery in the 2nd category file number:FA1305U-ID. Batch
Number.0952k Reference Number.02-OH-06 You have therefore been approved
to claim a total sum of GBP£250,000 00 (Two hundred and Fifty Thousand
British pounds) . All
participants in this lottery program were selected randomly through a
computer ballot system, drawn from 85.000.000 individual email
addresses from all search engines.Your e-mail address was picked by the
automated computer ballot system, which has been programed for this
random selection. This has eventually qualified you for the
Winning.This promotional program takes place annually, and is promoted
and sponsored by eminent personalities,Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates
of Microsoft Inc. With the support of European corporate companies and
organizations to encourage the use of Internet and computers worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Africa representative's booklet in NIGERIA
as indicated in your file number: FA1305U-ID. In view of this, your
GBP£250,000 00 price would be released to you by Our Africa Fiduciary
Agent, Our African Fiduciary Agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your Won price as soon as you
contact Rev Mahoney"s office in Lagos Nigeria Please contact Rev Mahoney in Nigeria
for your claim with the following details below to enable the speedy
evaluation and processing of your winning.1 Name. 2 Home addresses. 3
Telephone number. 4 Age and occupation. 5 Ticket number. 6 Serial
number. 7 File number. 8 Draw number. REV FATHER MAHONEYAFRICA FIDUCIARY AGENTE-mail :agent_revmahoney@yahoo.co.uk For
security purposes and clarity we advice that you make sure that
you keep your winning information¢s confidential,and not to be
disclosed to anyone until your claim have been fully processed and
your winning price is been transfered to you. BE WARNED! Your
winning details can only be released to your fiduciary agent who will
commence the process of your winning, This is to avoid wrong and double
claim, it is also part of our security protocol to avoid unwarranted
abuse of this program by some unscrupulous element. You are requested
to contact Our Africa Fiduciary Agent in Lagos NIGERIA for your claim.Please note that all winnings must be claimed not later than one month after the date of this winning
notification. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
make sure that your winning details are quoted correctly in all
correspondence.We advice that you are here strictly to these procedures
to avoid disqualifications and subsequent cancellation. The above
detailed information will be absolutely necessary to facilitate the
process of your winning price.Once again! please Note that this
winning is valid for one month and failure to issue claims after this
period, your winning price will be automatically void.Congratulations!Mr. JACK HOLLANDLottery Zonal co-coordinator For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! For Good this month.
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