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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand 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)
• 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.
  • +34666268256 (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.
  • zurichzurichseg@aol.com

Fraud email example:

From: info mail <infomail10@yahoo.de>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 17:01:52 +0200
Subject: YAHOO AWARD WINNING 2008


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/**/ YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY/**/ /* (Send email message) */CONGRATULATIONS!/*Yahoo! Mail announces you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing 13 Years Yahoo lottery Award of the New Year 2008. All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada. Australia. United State, 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 SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ( $600.000 .00) This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies and the WORLD BANK as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Furthermore your details (e-mail address) falls within our Spanish representative office in Madrid Spain as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ($600.000.00) will be released to you from this regional branch office in Madrid.

***HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE*
*/these are your identification numbers./**/Batch number:.............................12115-04/SZ/**Loto number:........................... RN/0999/171ESP** **Winning numbers................... 9-13-21-30-31-44,* *NOTE THIS:* YOU ARE NOW BEING ADVISED TO CALL THE TELEPHONE NUMBER BELOW TO TRACK YOUR PAYMENT ON LINE WORLD BANK TELEPHONE BANKING SYSTEM THE WORLD BANK BANKERS BANK FUND CONFIRMATION UNIT IN SWITZERLAND THE WORLD BANK FUND CONFIRMATION UNIT TEL: 0041 -445801493 ext. 4 / FAX: 0041-43-430-21-02 LOTTERY PRIZE AWARD DEPOSIT ACCOUNT TRACKING NUMBER IS: 784285 # Yahoo!'s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:As part of our security protocol you are to quote this security code to your claim agent. This to prevent scamYLAW/AUG/XX07 *ZURICH SEGUROS ESPAÑA S.A* *Francisco Gervas, 10 28020**Madrid Spain,**Tel: +34-666-268-256**Fax: +34-912-919-688**//**/ /* zurichzurichseg@aol.com [mailto:zurichzurichseg@aol.com]*Contact Person: Mr. Morris Moore** ** *Telephone lines are open between the hours of 8:00am-19:30pm.Monday -Saturday ...Ext...001 You are to send the completed verification form below to the Agent in the Madrid Spain 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 NAME2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN3. PRESENT ADDRESS.4. DATE OF BIRTH5. OCCUPATION6. TELEPHONE NUMBER6. FAX NUMBER 7. MARITAL STATUS8. SECURITY CODE9. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-selected winner or unofficial personnel. Yours Sincerely,*/ /**//**//* *//**//* *//* Dr. Chris Carlos (Coordinator)*/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/*Yahoo lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! Registered user



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