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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +31615313115 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • dpafinancial@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dpaconsultant01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: dpaflex38@voila.fr
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:58:10 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Ref_No:_=C2=A0_=C2=A0_FINGP/605X/39842/EUNL?=


Ref No: FINGP/605X/39842/EUNL
Batch No: EDPL/4528/EURWLNL

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are please to announce to you of electronic email selection held on
12th of October 2007 in Den Haag, The Netherlands, that your e-mail
address with Serial Number0967/0621 and Lucky numbers 21,32,36,46,47
have won prize in the second category.
In view of this, you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE THOUSAND,TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE,
NINETY-TWO PENCE GBP (£493,269.92).Please contact our Agent to claim
your prize with the following information as stated below:
1. Full Name:
2. Occupation:
3. Fax/Telephone Number
4. Sex
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr Parry Hilton
DPA Financial Group NV
Hoogeveen, The Netherlands.
Tel: +31-615-313-115
Reply-Email: dpafinancial@yahoo.de
ReplyEmail: dpaconsultant01@gmail.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best Regards
Edward Peterson (Online Co-ordinator)
Reply-Email: dpaconsultant01@gmail.com
Reply-Email: dpafinancial@yahoo.de

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam