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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:
  • "you are advice to " (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 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.
  • mrblair_clearinghouse@hotmail.com
  • www.agentdrblair@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mrblair_clearinghouse@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:53:39 -0500
Subject: PROMO RESULTS 2008



MOTOROLA EMAIL PROMOTIONS 2008
52 Chiswell Street,
The City,London, EC1Y 4SD,
UNITED KINGDOM.
Ticket No: 45397 Batch No:
MOTO/2787/334/944/08
Serial No: 43624

Congratulations to you, from the MEGA JACKPOT held by Motorola
company World wide few days ago your email address attached with
ticket number: 45397 with Serial number 6525/06 and draw number 6
Meaning
you have been approved to claim the sum of £400,000 (Four hundred
thousand pound) . We want to inform you that we are bringing this
opportunity to you as a result of the high profit that
Motorola Company have made over last year and we also want people to
know more about our products. You are advice to get back to us with
the bellow information for proper verification.

FULL NAMES:.................................
CONTACT ADDRESS:............................
NATIONALITY:................................
SEX:.......................AGE:.............
MARITAL STATUS..............................
TEL NO:.....................................
NEXT OF KIN:................................
ANNUAL INCOME:..............................
AMOUNT WON:.................................
BATCH NO:........LUCKY NO:...........
TICKET NO........SERIAL NO:.................

Once the above information has been received then we shall process
your winning prize (£400,000) attach to the Batch No:
MOTO/2787/334/944/08 for the immediate delivery to you. Once more
all the member of
Motorola company say congratulation to you.For more information.
Contact us with the below information.

Mr. Roosevelt Blair
Tel: + (44) 750-767-6101
E-mail: mrblair_clearinghouse@hotmail.com
www.agentdrblair@yahoo.co.uk

Copyright© 2008 MOTOROLA EMAIL PROMOTIONS.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam