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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:
  • ",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)
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • ddep@aol.co.uk
  • awarddep@aol.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: pricnotic_lo@web.de
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:05:14 +0200
Subject: IMPORTANT INFO.


Award Prize Dept.
Madrid, Spain. Dear Beneficiary, We are pleased to announce you as one of =
the 10 lucky winners in the Euro Milliones Emails Lottery Promotions Addre=
ss draw on the 2nd of June 2008, due to the mixture of names and address t=
he result was released on the 14th of June 2008. All 10 winning Email addr=
esses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emai=
l addresses. Your email address emerged alongside with 9 others as a categ=
ory 2 winner in the Euro Milliones Emails Lottery Promotions Address draw.=
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of 787=
, 000:00 (Seven Hundred and Eig h t y Seven Thousand Euros Only). The foll=
owing particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:* (1 ) Batch No=
: EULO/2907/ES/783=20
(2 ) Ticket No: WRNM/SMI/5990=20
(3) Lucky No: 07-13-31.54-8921=20
(4) Serial No: MUOTI/82536=20
(5) Ref No: EMJK/WS/MD/2911* To claim your winning prize you are to contac=
t the appointed agent as soon as possible for them to send you verificatio=
n form which will be filled to the lotery board for immediate process and =
release of your winnings money prize:* J.S & ASOCIADOS S.L.
AVD, OPORTO 42, 24810=20
MADRID, SPAIN.=20
EMAIL: awwd=5Finfo@luckymail.com [mailto:awwd=5Finfo@luckymail.com]EMAIL: awar=
ddep@aol.co.uk [mailto:awarddep@aol.co.uk]CONTACT PERSON:Dr. JACK STEVEN. =
Congratulation once again.
Yours Sincerely,
MRS GREGGE VAN DER HOOFD*


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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam