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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:
  • "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)
  • "million british 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)
  • "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • +447035901229 (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.
  • undpverifications@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: un42@comcast.net (info@undp.org)
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 15:43:28 +0000
Subject: Award Prize

UNITED NATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Corporate Headquarters
Middlesex UB7 7LT United Kingdom.


The UNITED NATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM would like to notify you that you have been chosen by the board of DEVELOPMENT BOARD as the full recipient of a cash Grant/Donation for your own personal, educational,Working and business development TO receive the sum of 1,000,000.00 ONE MILLION POUNDS

The UNITED NATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, established 1877 by the Multi-Million groups and now supported by the FBI,Economic Community for West African State(ECOWAS)and the European Union (EU). Based on the random selection exercise of internet websites and millions of supermarket cash invoices worldwide, you were selected among the recipients to receive the award sum of 1,000,000.00 GBP (One Million British pounds starlings) as charity donations/aid from the UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION ,ECOWAS and EU EUROPIAN UNION in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament, All beneficiaries email addresses were selected randomly from over 100,000 internet websites around the World.

You are required to contact our company representative whom will be in charge of your claim with the below information:

FULL NAMES :
ADDRESS :
COUNTRY :
SEX :
AGE :
OCCUPATION :
E-MAIL ADDRESS :
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Send all the requested claim information to your allocated claim officer:

Mr. Dan Cole
Email: undpverifications@yahoo.com.hk
Tell Number: +447035901229
Claims Processing Agent,
Verifications/Logistic Department.

NOTE: you will be given your secret code number,which you will use in collecting your ONE MILLION POUNDS, endeavor to quote your Qualification numbers (NG-022-607AB) in all discussions. All information is strictly confidential and will only be used for the purpose to which it is been requested


Warm Regards.
Raymond Gina
(Online Announcer UNDP).

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam