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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:
  • "cost of transfer" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "transfer of your funds" (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)
  • "attorneys " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • +31619287435 (Netherlands, 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.
  • snsbankonline@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Grant Donation <fdfsec@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:06:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONTACT PAYMENT BANK FOR VERIFICATION VIA EMAIL BELOW


THE FONDATION DE FRANCE(FDF).
16 Rue Lanterne,
Lyon 69001, France.
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Qualification number: FDF-444-6647-9163
Donation pin number: 21556770665477
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This is to acknowledge the receipt of the requested data and the confirmation of your reliability in this universal programme. You should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of this year's lucky donation recipient. You have been selected amongst the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of US$1,350,000.00 (One million, Three hundred and Fifty thousand United states dollars) as donations aid from the Foundation De France, ECOWAS, EU and the UNO in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. Your email address was selected randomly from over 100,000 internet websites or a shop's cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased something from.
I have forwarded the produced data, to the head office of the Foundation De France (FRANCE) and the UNO head office (Organisation assigned to handle your payment) you donation came under the zone B ,Which has its payment center in Netherlands.
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The Foundation De France has discovered a huge number of double claims due to beneficiaries informing close friends relatives, attorneys and third parties about their donations. As a result of this, this close friends relatives, attorneys and third parties try to claim the prize on behalf of the real recipients. The Foundation De France has lost millions of dollars to this fraudulent people, and have reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Foundation De France, will result to the cancelation of that particular donation, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real beneficiary, as it is taken that the real recipient was the informer to the double claimer about the donation. So you are hereby advised once more to keep your informations strictly confidential until your claim has been fully recovered.Included in this letter is your donation pin number to be used when claiming your donation. Your donation pin
number is "21556770665477". This number should be kept strictly confidential by you, as you will use it in receiving your donation.
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You are to immediately contact the Payout officer in the UNO ,EU,ECOWAS PAYING ONLINE BANK office in SNS BANK, for claim of your donation. Please do contact the officer in the below information.

Note: As a non resisdent of Netherlands ,you would be required to pay for the cost of transfer of your funds .

Note : You would be required to send an email to this email address
&nbsp;
Sns Bank Netherlands ,Sns Bank House
Netherlands
Foriegn Transfer Department
Mr john Galloway
snsbankonline@yahoo.com
+31619287435
info@snsbnl.com
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Do note that on contact with MR.John Galloway,
You are to provide him with your
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Full Name.
Phone Number.
Donation pin number as stated above.
Residential address.
Occupation
Age
Date Of Birth
Country
State
Phone Number
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This will enable the office to verify your claim with the files which has been sent to them
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Regards,
Christy Doughan


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