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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:

• 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.
  • +34695469737 (Spain, 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.
  • casnoinfo@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: leggiye_8080890873@web.de
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:16:18 +0200
Subject: OFFICIAL PRIZE AWARD CASINO ES HOUSE.




OFFICIAL PRIZE AWARD CASINO ES HOUSE.

This is to inform you that your Email-Address has won the prize Sum of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros(550,000.00)Euros,in an Email Free Casino Award program held in the-España.Do contact the Details below for your claim agency.

PROMOTION DATE:25 APRIL 2008
REFERENCE NUMBER:ES/14OO/08
BATCH NUMBER:16/614/CTA
TICKET NO:10/42/55/60,

Your full Names:
Telephone:

CASINO DEPT ES
MR.RICHARD HALBERT.
Tel:+34-695-469-737
Fax:+34-917-915-252
Email:casnoinfo@aim.com

Congratulations!

All winnings must be claimed not later than 14,days.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs.Rita Andaluss
Winning Co-ordinator.



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