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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 united state dollars" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: mail9002002@volny.cz (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:33:42 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?iso-8859-2?Q?LOTTERY_WINNING_CONGRATULATIONS!!!_?=


LOTTERY RESULTS 2008
YAHOO
INTERNET LOTTERY
[1]arabtrans@arabtrans.com
CONGRATULATIONS!
Yahoo!! International Lottery Organization
Bangkok Branch Office
Address: 3 Rajdamnern Avenue
Bangkok 10200 Thailand
Yahoo! Mail announces you as one of the 25 lucky winners in the ongoing
12 Years Yahoo lottery Award of the New Year Held on 7th the January
2008.
All 25 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of
50,000,000 international emails each from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually,
consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of ONE
MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ( $1, 000. 000.000 USD)
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our Bangkok
representative office in Bangkok Thailand, as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of ( $1, 000.000.00USD) will be released to you
from this regional branch office in Bangkok Thailand.
Your fund is now deposited with our Bank/Security Company Bangkok
Thailand and insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your
claim has been processed, and your winning Cheque have being sent to
you or remitted to your account, as this is part of our security
protocol, to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking of advantage
of this program by participants, as has happened in the past.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers.
Ticket number.....................085-12876077-09
Serial number.......................51390-0
Lucky number...................03-05-12-14-28-38
Ref number...................N.EGS/3662367114/13
To begin your lottery claims, Please contact our Yahoo
Lottery Co-ordinator as follows,
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Email:contactlotto@satellite-email.com
Name: Kane Iva
Tel: +(66)873241006
You are to send the completed verification form below to the
co-ordinator whose email address is given above so that you will be
advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once
more!!
1. FULL NAME
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3. PRESENT ADRESS.
4. DATE OF BIRTH
5. OCCUPATION
6. TELEPHONE NUMBER
6. FAX NUMBER
7. MARITAL STATUS
8. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th of March
2008. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTYS
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your
lottery winning belongs to (THE PROMOTIONS COMPANY). Because they are
the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery in your
name.
Note also that this 10% will be remitted after you have received your
winnings prize, because the money is insured in your name already.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all
correspondences with us, Furthermore, should there be any change of
address, please do inform our Co-ordinator as soon as possible. Yahoo
lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a
Yahoo! Registered user.
An original copy of your lucky winning ticket and your deposit
certificate will be sent to you by Administrative Remittance Operation
Manager of Siam City Bank Bangkok Thailand.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members of our staff and thank
you for being a part of our International Promotions program.
We wish you continued good fortunes.
Yours Sincerely,
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Dr. Raymond Hisashi
Vice President
Yahoo! Lotto Org.
Mrs. Tina Akira,
President
Yahoo! Lotto Org
Reference
1. http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=arabtrans@arabtrans.com

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