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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 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.
  • +447045741938 (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.
  • w_bill2007@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Barry Crouch" <barry_crouch33@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:10:11 +0000
Subject: world cup 2010 lottery Award Notification. (Congratulations!)






WORLD
CUP 2010 FREE LOTTERY,
HEADQUARTER,
LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM.
==========================
Winning
NO: XB3/701/LNRC
Batch
NO: 905534213/255
Ref
NO: 7458222754
==========================
Dear
Lucky Winner,

We
are pleased to announce your email address as one of the 200
lucky
winners
in the Free Lotto draw held on the 10th of September 2007. All
200
winning
addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 100,000,000
{ONE
HUNDRED MILLION} international emails addresses.

Consequently,
you have therefore been approved for a total payout of
GBP
£1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS) only. Your email address
emerged
along side with 199 others as a category of winner in this
year's
Annual Draw.

The
world cup lottery 2010 is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation,
Coca Cola, Nokia, MTN, the Intel Group, Toyota, and Toshiba.
The
world cup free lottery draw is held once in every four years
interval.

And
is also organized to encourage the use of internet and
computers.
We
are proud to say that over GBP £25 Million Pounds are won
annually
in
more than 150 countries world-wide. Consequently, you have
therefore
been approved for a total payout of GBP £1,000,000.00
(ONE
MILLION POUNDS) only.

The
following particulars are attached to your lotto payment
order:
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information
confidential till you claim your prize money. This is part of
our
precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
of
this program. Please be warned.

To
file your claim, please contact our UK Representative Agent
with
your
winning details and fill the form below to enable us process
your
winning
prize.

1.
A copy of this winning notification email:
2.
Your full Name:
3.
Contact address:
4.
Sex:
5.
Age:
6.
Occupation:
7.
Country:
8.
Phone No:
NAME: Mr. William
Bill
EMAIL: w_bill2007@yahoo.co.uk

TELL: +447045741938

Sincerely,
Mr.
Larry Hull.
Promotions
Manager




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